diff --git a/scripts/api_test.http b/scripts/api_test.http
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diff --git a/scripts/app-tls-size.py b/scripts/app-tls-size.py
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diff --git a/scripts/boot_app0.bin b/scripts/boot_app0.bin
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diff --git a/scripts/bootloader_dio_40m.bin b/scripts/bootloader_dio_40m.bin
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diff --git a/scripts/build_interface.py b/scripts/build_interface.py
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diff --git a/scripts/clang-format.py b/scripts/clang-format.py
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diff --git a/scripts/clang-tidy.py b/scripts/clang-tidy.py
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diff --git a/scripts/dump_entities.csv b/scripts/dump_entities.csv
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diff --git a/scripts/dump_entities.py b/scripts/dump_entities.py
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--- a/scripts/dump_entities.py
+++ b/scripts/dump_entities.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # strips out lines between two markers
 # pipe a file into, for example:
-#  make clean; make; echo "test dump" | ./emsesp | python3 ./scripts/dump_entities.py 
+#  make clean; make; echo "test entity_dump" | ./emsesp | python3 ./scripts/dump_entities.py > dump_entities.csv
+# see dump_entities.sh
 
 import fileinput
 with fileinput.input() as f_input:
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diff --git a/scripts/espota.py b/scripts/espota.py
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diff --git a/scripts/esptool.py b/scripts/esptool.py
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diff --git a/scripts/helpers.py b/scripts/helpers.py
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diff --git a/scripts/partitions.bin b/scripts/partitions.bin
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diff --git a/scripts/rename_fw.py b/scripts/rename_fw.py
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diff --git a/scripts/run_memory_test.py b/scripts/run_memory_test.py
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diff --git a/scripts/run_sonar.sh b/scripts/run_sonar.sh
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diff --git a/scripts/upload_esp32.py b/scripts/upload_esp32.py
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diff --git a/scripts/upload_fw.py b/scripts/upload_fw.py
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