diff --git a/tools/synapse.db.py b/tools/synapse.db.py
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+++ b/tools/synapse.db.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import os
+import sys
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+	print "Usage: %s <sqlite3 dump file>" % sys.argv[0]
+	sys.exit(1)
+
+file = sys.argv[1];
+for line in open(file):
+	if not line.startswith("INSERT"):
+		continue
+
+	line = line.split(" ", 3)
+	line = line[3].rstrip(");\n")
+	line = line.lstrip("VALUES(")
+	line = line.split(",", 2)
+	line = line[2].split("',", 1)
+	line = line[1].strip("\\'")
+	sys.stdout.write(line)
+
+sys.exit(0)