diff --git a/local-app/git-xargs/get-module-details.sh b/local-app/git-xargs/get-module-details.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+NAME="get-module-details"
+
+LOGFILE="/tmp/output.$NAME.git-xargs.${XARGS_REPO_NAME}.log"
+REPO="$XARGS_REPO_OWNER/$XARGS_REPO_NAME"
+echo "# $REPO" |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+# enter command(s) to read something from repo
+# git grep --all-match -e security_group_ -e source.*efs -n |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+pwd |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo "source=aws-vpc-setup" |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+git grep source.*aws-vpc-setup  |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo "source=aws-info-setup" |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+git grep source.*aws-inf-setup |& tee -a $LOGFILE
+
+echo "" |& tee -a $LOGFILE
diff --git a/local-app/git-xargs/submit.get-module-details.sh b/local-app/git-xargs/submit.get-module-details.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# template for a read-access operation
+
+SCRIPT="get-module-details"
+READ_MESSAGE="[xargs] $SCRIPT"
+
+GITHUB_HOSTNAME=github.e.it.census.gov GITHUB_OAUTH_TOKEN=ae2f950f5d628d665e6498bc699cdf24566bd94c git-xargs  \
+  --branch-name master \
+  --skip-pull-requests \
+  --commit-message "$READ_MESSAGE" \
+  --no-skip-ci  \
+  --dry-run \
+  --repos tf-repo.all.txt \
+  "$(pwd)/$SCRIPT.sh" |& tee $SCRIPT.sh.$(date +%s).log
+
+mkdir -p $SCRIPT