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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""
+Read from pre/automation OTL.csv file
+"""
+
+# Standard library
+import argparse  # for parsing command line arguments
+import csv  # for R/W csv viles
+
+# library
+import os  # for manipulating OS fs
+import sys  # for using libraries
+import textwrap  # for text formatting
+import traceback  # for inspecting exceptions in the script
+
+# Third-party
+from pygments import highlight
+from pygments.formatters import TerminalFormatter
+from pygments.lexers import PythonTracebackLexer
+
+sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), ".."))  # noqa: E402
+# First-party/Local
+import shared  # noqa:E402
+
+LOGGER, PATHS = shared.setup(__file__)
+
+otl_csv_path = shared.path_join(
+    PATHS["repo"], "pre-automation", "education", "datasets", "OTL.csv"
+)
+raw_data_file = shared.path_join(
+    PATHS["data_quarter"], "1-fetch", "otl_raw_data.csv"
+)
+quater = os.path.basename(PATHS["data_quarter"])
+
+
+LOGGER.info("Beginning execution of script.")
+
+
+def argument_parser():
+    """
+    function to parse command line arguments and return the arguments parsed
+    """
+    LOGGER.info("options for argument parsing in command line")
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--enable-save",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Enable result saving",
+    )
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def read_OTL_csv(args):
+    """
+    function to read the OTL csv file and save it to the data phase directory
+    """
+    LOGGER.info("Reading the OTL csv data file")
+
+    if not os.path.exists(otl_csv_path):
+        LOGGER.error(f"OTL csv file not found at {otl_csv_path}")
+        raise shared.QuantifyingException(
+            f"OTL.csv not found at {otl_csv_path}"
+        )
+
+    if not args.enable_save:
+        LOGGER.info("Save disabled, skipping save step")
+        return
+
+    # creating the directory for the raw data if it does not exist
+    os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(raw_data_file), exist_ok=True)
+
+    # copying the csv file into the data directory
+    with open(otl_csv_path, "r") as source:
+        with open(raw_data_file, "w", newline="") as dest:
+            reader = csv.reader(source)
+            writer = csv.writer(dest)
+            for row in reader:
+                writer.writerow(row)
+
+    LOGGER.info(f"Copied OTL.csv file to {raw_data_file}")
+
+
+def main():
+    args = argument_parser()
+    shared.paths_log(LOGGER, PATHS)
+
+    read_OTL_csv(args)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    try:
+        main()
+    except shared.QuantifyingException as e:
+        if e.exit_code == 0:
+            LOGGER.info(e.message)
+        else:
+            LOGGER.error(e.message)
+        sys.exit(e.exit_code)
+    except SystemExit as e:
+        if e.code != 0:
+            LOGGER.error(f"System exit with code: {e.code}")
+        sys.exit(e.code)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        LOGGER.info("(130) Halted via KeyboardInterrupt.")
+        sys.exit(130)
+    except Exception:
+        traceback_formatted = textwrap.indent(
+            highlight(
+                traceback.format_exc(),
+                PythonTracebackLexer(),
+                TerminalFormatter(),
+            ),
+            "    ",
+        )
+        LOGGER.critical(f"(1) Unhandled exception:\n{traceback_formatted}")
+        sys.exit(1)