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+## Utils
+
+This folder contains various scripts to let you perform 
+functions on your tor instance. Many of these are from the
+[Stem Website](https://stem.torproject.org) which has 
+additional documentation on functions you can perform.
+
+Other examples:
+
+Use tor-prompt to interact with a docker process:
+
+```tor-prompt -i 172.16.0.3:9051``