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diff --git a/src/helpers/commands-pipe.py b/src/helpers/commands-pipe.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3ffc64545
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+++ b/src/helpers/commands-pipe.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import sys
+import re
+
+from signal import signal, SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL
+from vyos.configtree import ConfigTree
+
+signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_DFL)
+
+
+config_string = sys.stdin.read().strip()
+
+if not config_string:
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+# When used in conf mode pipe, the config given to the script is likely incomplete
+# and breaks the "all top level nodes are neither tag nor leaf"
+# invariant, so we wrap it into a fake node.
+# Since nodes don't normally start with an underscore,
+# __root__ is hygienic enough.
+config_string = "__root__ {{ {0} \n }}".format(config_string)
+
+config_re = re.compile("(set|comment)\s+__root__\s+(.*)")
+
+config = ConfigTree(config_string)
+commands = config.to_commands()
+commands = config_re.sub("\\1 \\2", commands)
+
+print(commands)
diff --git a/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands b/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..8b50f7c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/vyos-config-to-commands
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+
+import sys
+
+from signal import signal, SIGPIPE, SIG_DFL
+from vyos.configtree import ConfigTree
+
+signal(SIGPIPE,SIG_DFL)
+
+config_string = None
+if (len(sys.argv) == 1):
+    # If no argument given, act as a pipe
+    config_string = sys.stdin.read()
+else:
+    file_name = sys.argv[1]
+    try:
+        with open(file_name, 'r') as f:
+            config_string = f.read()
+    except OSError as e:
+        print("Could not read config file {0}: {1}".format(file_name, e), file=sys.stderr)
+
+try:
+    config = ConfigTree(config_string)
+    commands = config.to_commands()
+except ValueError as e:
+    print("Could not parse the config file: {0}".format(e), file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+print(commands)