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1. Create an empty text file.  The standard file extension for piper files is .piper
2. To easily add multiple pipeline components from a package not standard to cTAKES, use the package command to point to it.
   reader, load and add* commands all take class names or file directories as their first parameter.  If the class is not in a standard cTAKES module's s cr ae or cc package, or a piper file is not in a standard module's pipeline/ directory then the package or path must be specified for that component / file.  Using package simplifies this.  The two examples below are functionally equivalent.
   

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   chrome min name Use of package

3. To easily add multiple components that use the same parameter, use set to assign a value to that parameter.
   

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   name set global value

4. Set a reader for your pipeline.  readFiles is a convenience method, equivalent to "reader FileTreeReader".

    Note: if you run with PiperFileRunner and do not specify a reader then FileTreeReader will be used.

5. To add common groups of components, load another If applicable, start with a load of an available piper file.  See Table 2 for standard piper files in cTAKES.
6. If you 

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