diff --git a/checkstyle-cmd.launch b/checkstyle-cmd.launch
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.localJavaApplication">
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_PATHS">
+<listEntry value="/checkstyle-v5/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Main.java"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_TYPES">
+<listEntry value="1"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<booleanAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.appendEnvironmentVariables" value="true"/>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.favoriteGroups">
+<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.run"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.Main"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="-c ${project_loc}/checkstyle_checks.xml -r ${project_loc}/src/checkstyle"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="checkstyle-v5"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.VM_ARGUMENTS" value="-Dcheckstyle.suppressions.file=${project_loc}/suppressions.xml&#13;&#10;-Dtranslation.severity=ignore&#13;&#10;-Dcheckstyle.header.file=${project_loc}/java.header&#13;&#10;-Dcheckstyle.importcontrol.file=${project_loc}/import-control.xml"/>
+</launchConfiguration>