diff --git a/ccn_utils/generate_mesh.py b/ccn_utils/generate_mesh.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import optparse
+
+def parse_args():
+    usage="""Usage: generate_mesh num_nodes [template_file]
+    Generates template_file with a full mesh topology with num_nodes
+    If no template_file is given, will write to default 
+    file miniccnx.conf in the current directory.
+    """
+
+    parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage)
+
+    _, arg = parser.parse_args()
+    
+    if len(arg) > 2:
+        print parser.usage
+        quit()
+    elif len(arg) == 0:
+        print parser.usage
+        quit()
+    elif len(arg) == 1:
+        num_nodes = int(parser.parse_args()[1][0])
+        temp_file = ''
+    else:
+        print parser.parse_args()
+        num_nodes,temp_file = int(parser.parse_args()[1][0]), parser.parse_args()[1][1]
+    
+    return num_nodes, temp_file
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    
+    n_nodes, t_file = parse_args()
+    
+    if t_file == '':
+        t_file = 'miniccnx.conf'
+        
+    temp_file = open(t_file,'w')
+    
+    temp_file.write('[hosts]\n')
+
+    temp_file.write('[routers]\n')
+    
+    for i in range(n_nodes):
+        temp_file.write('s' + str(i) + ':\n')
+        
+    temp_file.write('[links]\n')
+        
+    for i in range(n_nodes):
+        peer = i + 1
+        for j in range(peer,n_nodes):
+            temp_file.write('s' + str(i) + ':s' + str(j) + '\n')
+            
+    temp_file.close()
+            
+        
+    
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