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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ For example, to get MNIST:
 cd datasets
 python3 get_mnist.py
 python3 ../scripts/utils/generate_train_val.py mnist/ mnist/with-val/
-cp mnist/*test.bin mnist/with-val/
+cp mnist/*_test.bin mnist/with-val/
 ```
 
 ### Train and test the SNN