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+## Morpheus CLI Examples
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+Examples run with the morpheus cli (`morpheus ...`) should be run from the repository root, otherwise some filepath arguments may need to be changed.
+
+## Morpheus run.py Examples
+
+Examples run with python (`python run.py`) should be run from the example's directory, otherwise relative python imports may be broken.