diff --git a/src/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js b/bin/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js
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rename from src/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js
rename to bin/helpers/generate-js-tld-enum.js
diff --git a/src/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js b/bin/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js
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rename from src/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js
rename to bin/helpers/generate-json-tld-enum.js
diff --git a/src/helpers/generate-php-tld-enum.php b/bin/helpers/generate-php-tld-enum.php
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rename from src/helpers/generate-php-tld-enum.php
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diff --git a/bin/helpers/generate-tlds-csv.js b/bin/helpers/generate-tlds-csv.js
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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+console.log("downloads the 'http://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt' file and cross references it with https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db to re-generate the 'tlds.csv' csv file");
+console.log("---this script is currently a 'to-do' placeholder!---");
+console.error("terminating... the development for the 'JSON' format generator has not yet been completed");
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/update-tlds b/bin/update-formats
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rename from bin/update-tlds
rename to bin/update-formats
diff --git a/src/.gitkeep b/src/.gitkeep
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