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+This is a gamepad module switching script intended for use with the Microsoft Xbox 360 Controller in conjunction with the xboxdrv application. It is recommended that it be used as an alias. 
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+To permanently add an alias add the following line to ~/.bash_aliases (if the file does not exist, simply create one) and substitute the name and path as necessary: 
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+alias <name_of_alias>="cd /path/to/this/folder && ./game.sh && cd -"