this will give people some basic idea of using the dotenv file

README.md

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+# Credentials
+
+You will want to copy the `env.sample` file over to a `.env` file in your weirdAAL directory. Then place the relevant keys where applicable. Example:
+
+```bash
+weirdAAL$ cp env.sample .env
+```
+
 # Examples
 
 ## IAM
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 ## EC2
 - ec2_review_encrypted_volumes.py -- review ec2 instances for encryption status -write out unencrypted ones to file
      (port of https://gist.github.com/cktricky/0fa3b13ca4306bcd1ec384e88eac3f55)
-
-
-
-

env.sample

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+[default]
+aws_access_key_id = <insert key id>
+aws_secret_access_key = <insert secret key>