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+The script lentry.sh takes a document name as input then asks for 
+information about various attributes of the document. It then 
+creates html and gph files in a directory created using the 
+catalog number and relocates the file there. It also analyzes the
+file type ending to determine the correct gopher link type.
+
+Usage:
+
+$ ./lentry.sh (filename)