# Step 2: Filter events containing charged particles from the Geant4 output files (discarding neutrons and photons)
Run the executable produced from FilterExtrAp.f best with a steering text file. <br/>
Example with the executable produced above and the sample steering file **cox.dat**:
$ ~/bin/FilterExtrAp < cox.dat
The first two lines are the numbers of files per case (PMMA thickness and primary energy) and of subdirectories (each corresponding to a combination of PMMA thickness and primary energy). The third line is a flag that should normally be set to 1.
# Step 3: Run the simulations
1. Download the data file **nanodosimeter3_eff_HIT_1.2mbar-C3H8_drift_V4c_part-1-2_ds2v4508.dat** which contains the detection efficiency map. <br/>
2. Create a text file containing the info on the simulation parameters. <br/>
An example is provided here as the file **HITEIN_240513.txt**. It may be necessary to change the last line of the section "DETECTION EFFICIENCY" containing the path to the efficiency map.
3. Create a steering text file (to avoid manual input). <br/>
An example is provided here as the file **bco.dat**. (It will be necessary to change the first line to reflect the correct path to the text file containing the info on the simulation parameters.)
6. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the data files (produced by FilterExrAp) are situated. <br/>
Start the simulation.<br/>
4. Open a terminal and navigate to the directory where the data files (produced by FilterExrAp) are situated. <br/>
5.Start the simulation.<br/>
Example with the steering file bco.dat: <br/>
$ ~/bin/PTra_HIT < bco.dat
in
$ ~/bin/PTra_HIT <bco.dat<br/>
The output files of the simulation are written to the directory in which the filtered datafiles reside.