diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 726c3ca..1741688 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 .*.sw*
+main
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5748265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package main
+import (
+"fmt"
+"strings"
+"regexp"
+"io/ioutil"
+"encoding/hex"
+)
+
+
+func main() {
+	// How to split on space-delimited fields, then colon-delimited fields?
+	// How to turn this byte into a string?
+
+	// /proc/net/tcp hex addresses need to be reversed two-character-wise
+	// and then converted byte by byte (2 char at a time)
+	//fmt.Println(convert_address(reverse_string(reverse_bytes("0100007F"))))
+
+	read_tcp_file("/proc/net/tcp")
+}
+
+func check(e error) {
+    if e != nil {
+        panic(e)
+    }
+}
+
+
+// Take a string, create a rune slice, and use a loop to reverse it character-wise.
+func reverse_bytes(s string) string {
+    runes := []rune(s)
+    for i, j := len(runes)-2, len(runes)-1; j > 0; i, j = i-2, j-2 {
+        runes[i], runes[j] = runes[j], runes[i]
+    }
+    return string(runes)
+}
+
+func reverse_string(s string) string {
+    runes := []rune(s)
+    for i, j := 0, len(runes)-1; i < j; i, j = i+1, j-1 {
+        runes[i], runes[j] = runes[j], runes[i]
+    }
+    return string(runes)
+}
+// Store data function
+//	Loads all fields and subfields into storage (memory? where?)
+// State check function
+//	hash each line, use to determine new lines, convert to readable, and print
+
+
+func convert_address(address string) []byte {
+	output, err	:= hex.DecodeString(address)
+	check(err)
+	return output
+}
+func read_tcp_file(connections_file_path string) string {
+	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(connections_file_path)
+	check(err)
+	fmt.Println("Data file read successfully.\n")
+	return string(data)
+}