diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+---
+IMPORT and EXECUTE
+
+> ./importPEPPERLITE.sh
+> ./runPEPPERLITE.sh
+
+open
+http://docker_ip:6080
+ssh
+ssh ubuntu@docker_ip -p 2222
+---
+BUILD LITE IMAGE
+
+> ./buildPEPPER.sh
+> ./runPEPPER.sh
+
+Reconstruction of a single layer image may take up to 20 minutes to merge multi-layer images.
+
+> cat exportPEPPER.txt
+> docker container ls 
+> docker export PEPPER_containerID | gzip -c > pepper-lite.taz
+> docker image ls
+> docker image rm pepper_imageID
+---
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
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----
-IMPORT and EXECUTE
-
-> ./importPEPPERLITE.sh
-> ./runPEPPERLITE.sh
-
-open
-http://docker_ip:6080
-ssh
-ssh ubuntu@docker_ip -p 2222
----
-BUILD LITE IMAGE
-
-> ./buildPEPPER.sh
-> ./runPEPPER.sh
-
-Reconstruction of a single layer image may take up to 20 minutes to merge multi-layer images.
-
-> cat exportPEPPER.txt
-> docker container ls 
-> docker export PEPPER_containerID | gzip -c > pepper-lite.taz
-> docker image ls
-> docker image rm pepper_imageID
----
-