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Psana has a simple python-script interface, which can be run online (in realtime), offline, and parallelized over many cores/machines both online and offline.  Once you have run the quick example below (we believe you should be able to run/understand it in <30 minutes)  you can find complete documentation all on ONE page you can run a variety of "building block" examples here.

Quick Example

To do analysis with a psana python script execute the following commands.  This requires the ability to ssh to an LCLS unix account and the ability to open up a graphics window on your computer ("X-windows").  Two free options for graphics:We recommend the free NX Technology (for Mac or Windows) for improved performance, but XQuartz (Mac) or XWin32 (Windows) also works.  Replace "YOURACCOUNTNAME" in the first line below with your unix account name.

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