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+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.cli;
+
+import org.apache.karaf.shell.commands.Command;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+
+/**
+ * Lists application ID information.
+ */
+@Command(scope = "onos", name = "app-install",
+        description = "Lists application ID information")
+public class ApplicationInstallCommand extends AbstractShellCommand {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void execute() {
+        // FIXME: merely an experiment for now
+        try (InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(System.in);
+             BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr)) {
+            String line;
+            while ((line = br.readLine()) != null) {
+                print("%s", line.toUpperCase());
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+
+}