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+#!/home/nicos/nicos/nicosenv/bin/python3
+import sys
+import time
+from os import path
+from socket import gethostname
+nicosroot = '/home/nicos/nicos'
+sys.path.insert(0, nicosroot)
+
+usage = """
+Usage:
+
+  nicos-gui     start nicos gui
+  nicos gui     start nicos gui and connect without asking for password
+  nicos-client  start nicos command line client
+  nicos cli     start nicos command line client and connect without asking for password
+"""
+
+yr = time.strftime('%y')
+connect = f'user:{yr}lns1@localhost'
+
+if sys.argv[-1] == 'cli':
+   from nicos.clients.cli import main
+   sys.exit(main([connect]))
+elif sys.argv[-1] == 'gui':
+   from nicos.clients.gui.main import main
+   instrument = gethostname().split('.')[0]
+   guiconfig = f'{nicosroot}/nicos_sinq/{instrument}/guiconfig.py'
+   if not path.exists(guiconfig):
+       guiconfig = f'{nicosroot}/nicos_sinq/guiconfig.py'
+   sys.exit(main(['-c', guiconfig, connect]))
+else:
+   print(usage)
+