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-couch-batch - a batch delete program for couchdb
-===========
-
-Couch-batch can delete multiple documents from a couchdb. To select documents
-to remove, couch-batch allows you to specify a regex.
-
-Usage
------
-
- java -jar couch-batch-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone.jar -r "^d+" -u USER -p localhost testdb
-
-Options are:
-
- couch-batch [OPTIONS] <host> <db>
-   -r             Regex to select a document by id
-   -d             Delete selected documents
-   -u <username>  Username
-   -p             Prompt for a password
-   -h             Show usage
-
-Copyright (C) 2010 David Soria Parra
-
-Licensed under the terms of the Gnu General Public License Version 2 or later
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+## couch-batch - a batch delete program for couchdb
+
+Couch-batch can delete multiple documents from a couchdb. To select documents
+to remove, couch-batch allows you to specify a regex.
+
+### Usage
+
+    java -jar couch-batch-0.1.0-SNAPSHOT-standalone.jar -r "^d+" -u USER -p localhost testdb
+
+Options are:
+
+    couch-batch [OPTIONS] <host> <db>
+       -r             Regex to select a document by id
+       -d             Delete selected documents
+       -u <username>  Username
+       -p             Prompt for a password
+       -h             Show usage
+
+### License
+Copyright (C) 2010 David Soria Parra
+
+This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
+GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.