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diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
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+extern crate roc;
+
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::prelude::*;
+use roc::eval::eval;
+use roc::parse;
+
+fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    let mut file = File::open("test.roc")?;
+    let mut contents = String::new();
+
+    file.read_to_string(&mut contents)?;
+
+    let expr = parse::parse_string(contents.as_str()).unwrap();
+
+    println!("\n\u{001B}[4mroc out\u{001B}[24m\n\n{}\n", eval(expr).to_string());
+
+    Ok(())
+}