diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
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+++ b/main.c
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+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#define MAX 2056
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+	printf("Starting up...\n");
+	if (argc == 1) {
+		printf("Usage: curly-lang /path/to/file\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	char *file = argv[1];
+	FILE *fileopen = fopen(file, "r");
+	if (NULL == fileopen) {
+		printf("Error Opening: %s\n", file);
+		return 1;
+	}
+	// declare variables
+	int intv[MAX] = {};
+	char intname[MAX][256] = {};
+	bool boolv[MAX] = {};
+	char boolname[MAX][256] = {};
+	float floatv[MAX] = {};
+	char floatname[MAX][256] = {};
+	char charv[MAX] = {};
+	char charname[MAX][256] = {};
+	//base
+	int i = 0;
+	char line[2056];
+	char string[1028];
+	int integer;
+	float floatd;
+	char string2[1028];
+	bool boolt;
+	while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), fileopen)) {
+        line[strcspn(line, "\n")] = '\0'; 
+
+        if (sscanf(line, "print.{out.newline}={%1027[^}]}={end};", string) == 1) {
+            printf("%s\n", string);
+        } else if (sscanf(line, "print.{out}={%1027[^}]}={end};", string) == 1) {
+            printf("%s", string);
+        } else if (sscanf(line, "system.{exec.command}={%1027[^}]}={end};", string) == 1) {
+            system(string);
+        } else if (sscanf(line, "var.{int}={%1027[^}]}={%d}={end};", string, &integer) == 2) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
+                if (intv[i] == 0) { 
+                    strcpy(intname[i], string); 
+                    intv[i] = integer;          
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (sscanf(line, "print.{out.newline.var.int}={%1027[^}]}={end};", string) == 1) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
+                if (strcmp(intname[i], string) == 0) {
+                    printf("%d\n", intv[i]);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (sscanf(line, "var.{bool}={%1027[^}]}={%1027[^}]}={end};", string, string2) == 2) {
+			if (strcmp(string2, "true")) {
+				boolt = true;
+			} else if (strcmp(string2, "TRUE")) {
+				boolt = true;
+			} else if (strcmp(string2, "false")) {
+				boolt = false;
+			} else if (strcmp(string2, "FALSE")) {
+				boolt = false;
+			}
+            for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
+                if (boolv[i] == 0) { 
+                    strcpy(boolname[i], string); 
+                    boolv[i] = boolt;          
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else if (sscanf(line, "print.{out.newline.var.bool}={%1027[^}]}={end};", string) == 1) {
+            for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++) {
+                if (strcmp(boolname[i], string) == 0) {
+					if (boolv[i] == true) {
+						printf("true\n");
+					} else if (boolv[i] == false) {
+						printf("false");
+					}
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            printf("Error with line: %s\n", line);
+            return EXIT_FAILURE; 
+        }
+    }
+
+    fclose(fileopen);
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
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