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 #### Usage
 If you try
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 ```
 ./tpom
 ```
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 You'll see a blank line. This is because the timer isn't running. Try
 
 ```
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 ```
 
 To start the daemon for a default of 25 minutes. If you want a different amount of time try one of:
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 ```
 ./tpom start -s 90
 ./tpom start -m 15
 ```
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 For 90 seconds or 15 minutes, respectively. Now that it's running, run
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 ```
 ./tpom
 ```