diff --git a/Faces/templateCommand.py b/Faces/templateCommand.py
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+import ants
+import os
+import glob
+
+dataDirectory = './'
+populationFiles = glob.glob( dataDirectory + "face*.nii.gz" )
+
+population = list()
+for i in range( len( populationFiles ) ):
+  population.append( ants.image_read( populationFiles[i], dimension = 2 ) )
+
+btp = ants.build_template( initialTemplate = None,
+  image_list = population,
+  iterations = 4,
+  gradient_step = 0.15,
+  verbose = False,
+  syn_metric = 'CC',
+  reg_iterations = ( 100, 100, 100, 70, 50, 10 ),
+  type_of_transform = "SyNCC",
+  )
+
+ants.image_write( btp, "templatePy.nrrd" )
+ants.plot( btp )