diff --git a/splitfile2track.py b/splitfile2track.py
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+import sys
+
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    print 'Usage: %s file.dat' % sys.argv[0]
+    print 'Splits a 2K file.dat file into two 1K track files track0.dat and track1.dat'
+    sys.exit()
+
+
+
+infile = open(sys.argv[1], 'r')
+
+track0file = open("track0.dat", 'w')
+track1file = open("track1.dat", 'w')
+
+t0dat = infile.read(1024)
+t1dat = infile.read(1024)
+
+
+track0file.write(t0dat)
+track0file.close()
+
+track1file.write(t1dat)
+track1file.close()