diff --git a/bedpost_datacheck b/bedpost_datacheck
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $1 = "" ]; then 
+    echo "Usage: $0 data directory"
+    exit;
+fi
+
+DIR=$1;
+for img in ${DIR}/data ${DIR}/nodif ${DIR}/nodif_brain_mask ;do
+    if [ `imtest $img` -eq 1 ] ; then
+	echo $img
+	avwinfo $img;
+	echo ""
+    else
+	echo $img does not exist;
+    fi
+done
+
+for bv in ${DIR}/bvals ${DIR}/bvecs;do
+    echo " num lines in $bv "
+    cat $bv|wc -l
+    echo " num words in $bv "
+    cat $bv|wc -w
+done
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