diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
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+++ b/cmd/init.go
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+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+func init() {
+  RootCmd.AddCommand(initCommand)
+}
+
+var initCommand = &cobra.Command {
+  Use: "init",
+  Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+    if(len(args) <= 0) {
+      log.Fatal(cmd.OutOrStdout(), "no arguments provided to init")
+    }
+    // we will do something here, for now just print args[0]
+    fmt.Fprintf(cmd.OutOrStdout(), args[0])
+  },
+}