diff --git a/download_all_github_repos/README.md b/download_all_github_repos/README.md
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+To run this script, open the terminal in the directory where the script is located by
+
+```bash
+cd BashScripts
+```
+
+and type the following command:
+
+```bash
+chmod u+x download_all_github_repos.sh
+./download_all_github_repos.sh [github username]
+```
diff --git a/download_all_github_repos/download_all_github_repos.sh b/download_all_github_repos/download_all_github_repos.sh
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+download_repos() {
+  user_name="$1"
+  temp_dir=$(mktemp -d -q /tmp/repo_archive_XXXXXX)
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+      echo "$0: Can't create a temp dir!"
+      exit 1
+  fi
+  
+  echo "Using the following temp dir: $temp_dir"
+  cd "$temp_dir" && 
+  virtualenv env &&
+  source env/bin/activate &&
+  pip install ghcloneall &&
+  ghcloneall --init --user "$user_name" &&
+  ghcloneall && 
+  deactivate &&
+  cd ~
+  destination="$user_name""_repo_archive.tar"
+  tar -cvf "$destination" "$temp_dir"
+  rm -rf "$temp_dir"
+  echo "All repositories of $user_name have been written to $destination"
+}
+
+main() {
+    if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
+        echo "Usage: download_all_github_repos.sh [github_username]"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    download_repos "$1"
+}
+
+main "$@"