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+# Copyright 2019 Pants project contributors (see CONTRIBUTORS.md).
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (see LICENSE).
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from pex.bin import pex
+
+__name__ == '__main__' and pex.main()