# GeneraeOverlayImages in CIP not working

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/generaeoverlayimages-in-cip-not-working/16044>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** cip, python, cli\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/generaeoverlayimages-in-cip-not-working/16044 "2021-02-17T22:01:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![akshay\_pillai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/akshay_pillai/32/8301_2.png) [@akshay\_pillai](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/akshay_pillai)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 10:01pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/generaeoverlayimages-in-cip-not-working/16044/1 "2021-02-17T22:01:00Z")

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Operating system: Windows  
Slicer version:4.11  
Expected behavior:  
Actual behavior:  
I’m trying to use Generate Overlay Images cip script in my ubuntu terminal using the CLI command-line tools. Can anyone tell me how to use GenerateOverlayImages in the terminal, I already looked at the help document. I also tried the CIP module in slicer and used generateoverlayimages in the utils module but when I click apply ith just keeps running and doesnt stop. Any tips?

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**Author:** ![akshay\_pillai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/akshay_pillai/32/8301_2.png) [@akshay\_pillai](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/akshay_pillai)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/generaeoverlayimages-in-cip-not-working/16044/2 "2021-02-17T23:39:23Z")

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Same with read dicom write tags (ReadDicomWriteTags). Can someone tell me how to use it in cli like a for example cli line for both GenerateOverlayImages and ReadDicomWriteTags.  
This is what I’m using now:  
1\>GenerateOverlayImages --all --prefix “ILD\_303\_0verlay” -c cipwd/project/caseID/ct -l cipwd/project/caseID/lmap.nrrd (keeps running)  
2\>ReadDicomWriteTags -r /root/Scans/case/\* -s 9 -o /root/project/caseID/output.csv