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 shunit requires cmdarg. Install it first: https://github.com/akesterson/cmdarg
 
-shunit is a bash script for running tests scripts that are written with the shunit library. To use it, fir install it:
+shunit is a bash script for running tests scripts that are written with the shunit library. To use it, first install it:
 
     make install