diff --git a/bin/importSqlFile.js b/bin/importSqlFile.js
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+var startTime = new Date().getTime();
+var fs = require("fs");
+var db = require("../src/node/db/DB");
+//var async = require("../src/node_modules/async");
+
+var sqlFile = process.argv[2];
+
+//stop if the settings file is not set
+if(!sqlFile)
+{
+  console.error("Use: node importSqlIntoRedis.js $SQLFILE");
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+log("initializing db");
+db.init(function(){
+  log("done");
+
+  log("open output file...");
+  var file = fs.readFileSync(sqlFile, 'utf8');
+
+  var keyNo = 0;
+
+  file.split("\n").forEach(function(l) {
+    if (l.substr(0, 27) == "REPLACE INTO store VALUES (") {
+      var pos = l.indexOf("', '");
+      var key = l.substr(28, pos - 28);
+      var value = l.substr(pos + 4);
+      value = value.substr(0, value.length - 3);
+      db.db.set(key, value, null);
+      keyNo++;
+    }
+  });
+
+  db.db.doShutdown(function() {
+    log("finished, imported " + keyNo + " keys.");
+    process.exit(0);
+  });
+});
+
+
+function log(str)
+{
+  console.log((new Date().getTime() - startTime)/1000 + "\t" + str);
+}
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