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+import pathlib
+import tqdm
+import click
+import csv
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+import signal
+
+from pylingual.decompiler import decompile
+
+@click.command(help= "Evaluation script for pylingual")
+@click.argument("pyc_list")
+@click.argument("out_dir")
+def main(pyc_list, out_dir):
+    start_time = datetime.now()
+    
+    def timeout_handler(signum, frame):
+        raise TimeoutError()
+        
+    signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, timeout_handler)
+
+    pyc_list = pathlib.Path(pyc_list)
+    out_dir = pathlib.Path(out_dir) / f"pylingual-{datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S')}"
+    
+    pyc_files = [pathlib.Path(pyc_path_line.strip()) for pyc_path_line in pyc_list.read_text().splitlines()]
+
+    out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    evaluation_results_file = out_dir / 'evaluation_results.csv'
+    evaluation_results_stream = evaluation_results_file.open('w', newline='')
+    evaluation_writer = csv.DictWriter(evaluation_results_stream, fieldnames=['pyc_file', 'py_file', 'identifier', 'success', 'category', 'notes'])
+    evaluation_writer.writeheader()
+
+    # decompile all the pyc files
+    total_files_succeeded = 0
+    total_files_attempted = 0 
+    for pyc_file in (evaluation_progress := tqdm.tqdm(pyc_files)):
+        decompiler_results_dir = out_dir / 'decompilation_results'
+        decompiler_results_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+        target_out_dir =  decompiler_results_dir / pyc_file.parent.name
+        identifier = str(pyc_file).split("/")[-2]
+        # update progress bar
+        if total_files_attempted > 0:
+            evaluation_progress.set_postfix({
+                'file_success': f'{total_files_succeeded}/{total_files_attempted} ({total_files_succeeded / total_files_attempted:.2%})', 
+                })
+
+        total_files_attempted += 1
+        
+        # decompile the file
+        try:
+            signal.alarm(300) # 5-minute timeout for decompiling one file
+            py_file = decompile(pyc_file, target_out_dir)
+            signal.alarm(0) # success; disable timer
+        except Exception as err:
+            signal.alarm(0) 
+            evaluation_writer.writerow({'pyc_file': pyc_file, 'py_file': '', 'identifier': 'FILE', 'success': False, 'category': 'DECOMPILER ERROR', 'notes': repr(err)})
+            continue
+
+        if all([result.success for result in py_file.equivalence_results]):
+            evaluation_writer.writerow({'pyc_file': pyc_file, 'py_file': pyc_file.parent.name, 'identifier': 'FILE', 'success': True, 'category': 'Equal', 'notes': ''})
+            total_files_succeeded += 1
+        else:
+            evaluation_writer.writerow({'pyc_file': pyc_file, 'py_file': pyc_file.parent.name, 'identifier': 'FILE', 'success': False, 'category': 'Different', 'notes': ''})
+        
+        evaluation_writer.writerows({'pyc_file': pyc_file, 'py_file': pyc_file.parent.name, 'identifier': identifier, 'success': result.success,  'notes': ''} for result in py_file.equivalence_results)
+    
+    evaluation_results_stream.close()
+    elapsed_time = datetime.now() - start_time
+    
+    with open(out_dir / 'elapsed_time.txt', 'w') as time_file:
+        time_file.write(f"Elapsed Time: {str(elapsed_time)}\n")
+        time_file.write(f"File success: {total_files_succeeded}/{total_files_attempted} {total_files_succeeded/total_files_attempted :.2%}")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()