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 # Aerospike Benchmark Tool
 
-![Build:main](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-benchmark/actions/workflows/benchmark-build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)(https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-benchmark/actions/workflows/benchmark-build.yml)
+[![Build:main](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-benchmark/actions/workflows/benchmark-build.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-benchmark/actions/workflows/benchmark-build.yml)
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 This project contains the files necessary to build the C client benchmarking tool.  This program is used to insert data and generate load emulating real-world usage patterns of the database.