From 47edf5ca24fa890a3aa767f76c590420c1e216f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Garrett Barter <garrett.barter@nrel.gov>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 09:24:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] adding shell cmd line header

---
 windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py | 18 ++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
 mode change 100644 => 100755 windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py

diff --git a/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py b/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1c52d6d..7c4952b
--- a/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py
+++ b/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import os
 import traceback
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -763,16 +764,21 @@ def convert_controls(self, dict_v2p0):
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    
-    from pathlib import Path
+    import argparse
+    import sys
 
-    turbine_reference_path = Path(windIO.turbine_ex.__file__).parent
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WindIO v1->v2 Converter")
+    parser.add_argument("-i", "--input", help="Input v1 filename path")
+    parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Output v2 filename path")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    filename_v1p0 = "../../test/turbine/v1p0/IEA-15-240-RWT.yaml"
-    filename_v2p0 = turbine_reference_path / "IEA-15-240-RWT_v2p0.yaml"
+    filename_v1p0 = args.input
+    filename_v2p0 = args.output
     
     if not os.path.exists(filename_v1p0):
-        raise Exception("Point to an existing yaml file that you want to convert from windIO v1.0 to v2.0.")
+        raise Exception(f"Cannot find input windIO v1.0 file: {filename_v1p0}.")
 
     converter = v1p0_to_v2p0(filename_v1p0, filename_v2p0)
     converter.convert()
+        
+    sys.exit(0)

From 7b0767c4b016a4af4c03d58c0cce6985e895841e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Garrett Barter <garrett.barter@nrel.gov>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 20:35:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] adding a windio_converter command line script on install

---
 pyproject.toml                     |  3 +++
 windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 83d0478..200ef6a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ windIO = [
 Homepage = "https://github.com/IEAWindSystems/windIO"
 Documentation = "https://ieawindsystems.github.io/windio"
 
+[project.scripts]
+windio_converter = "windIO.converters.windIO2windIO:run"
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 filterwarnings = [
     "error"
diff --git a/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py b/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py
index 7c4952b..9bd8f3a 100755
--- a/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py
+++ b/windIO/converters/windIO2windIO.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+import argparse
+import sys
 import os
 import traceback
 from copy import deepcopy
@@ -762,11 +764,8 @@ def convert_controls(self, dict_v2p0):
 
         return dict_v2p0
 
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    import argparse
-    import sys
-
+    
+def run():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="WindIO v1->v2 Converter")
     parser.add_argument("-i", "--input", help="Input v1 filename path")
     parser.add_argument("-o", "--output", help="Output v2 filename path")
@@ -782,3 +781,8 @@ def convert_controls(self, dict_v2p0):
     converter.convert()
         
     sys.exit(0)
+
+    
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    run()
+