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+defmodule Josephus do
+  @spec josephus(n :: integer(), k :: integer()) :: integer()
+  def josephus(1, _), do: 1
+  def josephus(n, k), do: Integer.mod(josephus(n - 1, k) + k - 1, n) + 1
+end
+
+with [n, k] <- System.argv(),
+     {n, ""} <- Integer.parse(n),
+     {k, ""} <- Integer.parse(k) do
+  Josephus.josephus(n, k) |> IO.puts()
+else
+  _ -> IO.puts("Usage: please input the total number of people and number of people to skip.")
+end