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 # download and usage
 
-Download stable releases of the standalone capa binaries [here](https://github.com/fireeye/capa/releases). You can run the standalone binaries without installation.
+Download stable releases of the standalone capa binaries [here](https://github.com/fireeye/capa/releases). You can run the standalone binaries without installation. capa is a command line tool that should be run from the terminal.
 
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 Alternatively, you can fetch a nightly build of a standalone binary from one of the following links. These are built using the latest development branch.