diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 987d285913..c9c66de972 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Add\ssupport\sfor\shexadecimal\sinteger\sliterals\sin\sthe\sparser.
-D 2014-07-24T12:19:41.241
+C Add\sthe\sreadfile(FILENAME)\sand\swritefile(FILENAME,CONTENT)\sSQL\sfunctions\sto\nthe\scommand-line\sshell.
+D 2014-07-24T12:39:59.049
 F Makefile.arm-wince-mingw32ce-gcc d6df77f1f48d690bd73162294bbba7f59507c72f
 F Makefile.in 5eb79e334a5de69c87740edd56af6527dd219308
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 91d710bdc4998cb015f39edf3cb314ec4f4d7e23
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ F src/random.c d10c1f85b6709ca97278428fd5db5bbb9c74eece
 F src/resolve.c 5fc110baeacf120a73fe34e103f052632ff11a02
 F src/rowset.c a9c9aae3234b44a6d7c6f5a3cadf90dce1e627be
 F src/select.c 6762c62e11b504aa014edceab8886495165e3a77
-F src/shell.c cca6ea15719f2a3f41b8a1e0030d0b67a8aae3ca
+F src/shell.c 191129c3f7a9cf241aea90ff6a6be3e74d3767f0
 F src/sqlite.h.in ac4451c9da2771d2f4d702ef89722407242906d9
 F src/sqlite3.rc 11094cc6a157a028b301a9f06b3d03089ea37c3e
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 886f5a34de171002ad46fae8c36a7d8051c190fc
@@ -1184,8 +1184,7 @@ F tool/vdbe_profile.tcl 67746953071a9f8f2f668b73fe899074e2c6d8c1
 F tool/warnings-clang.sh f6aa929dc20ef1f856af04a730772f59283631d4
 F tool/warnings.sh 0abfd78ceb09b7f7c27c688c8e3fe93268a13b32
 F tool/win/sqlite.vsix deb315d026cc8400325c5863eef847784a219a2f
-P 16c8ce10e1530731441e6c4538691b71564684ed a3cc027fa7ca41da23ecd0770a075a48416af020
-R 800080a0f835a3b88d7f1d5c8ee5f8c1
-T +closed a3cc027fa7ca41da23ecd0770a075a48416af020
+P f8f79f28785db716b10c3bc9d6652b98253fd125
+R 3cb7c1591be4171f813333f040f9142c
 U drh
-Z c1345ae836570db977d9f440b563b830
+Z d6bf09c8f21a2381ecdf6b5a91f85057
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 566e373026..c704a64b44 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f8f79f28785db716b10c3bc9d6652b98253fd125
\ No newline at end of file
+fb1048cb2b613a0dbfe625a5df05e9dcd736a433
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index ea92b07e37..371efa024e 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -1650,6 +1650,69 @@ static char zHelp[] =
 
 /* Forward reference */
 static int process_input(struct callback_data *p, FILE *in);
+/*
+** Implementation of the "readfile(X)" SQL function.  The entire content
+** of the file named X is read and returned as a BLOB.  NULL is returned
+** if the file does not exist or is unreadable.
+*/
+static void readfileFunc(
+  sqlite3_context *context,
+  int argc,
+  sqlite3_value **argv
+){
+  const char *zName;
+  FILE *in;
+  long nIn;
+  void *pBuf;
+
+  zName = (const char*)sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
+  if( zName==0 ) return;
+  in = fopen(zName, "rb");
+  if( in==0 ) return;
+  fseek(in, 0, SEEK_END);
+  nIn = ftell(in);
+  rewind(in);
+  pBuf = sqlite3_malloc( nIn );
+  if( pBuf && 1==fread(pBuf, nIn, 1, in) ){
+    sqlite3_result_blob(context, pBuf, nIn, sqlite3_free);
+  }else{
+    sqlite3_free(pBuf);
+  }
+  fclose(in);
+}
+
+/*
+** Implementation of the "writefile(X,Y)" SQL function.  The argument Y
+** is written into file X.  The number of bytes written is returned.  Or
+** NULL is returned if something goes wrong, such as being unable to open
+** file X for writing.
+*/
+static void writefileFunc(
+  sqlite3_context *context,
+  int argc,
+  sqlite3_value **argv
+){
+  FILE *out;
+  const char *z;
+  int n;
+  sqlite3_int64 rc;
+  const char *zFile;
+
+  zFile = (const char*)sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
+  if( zFile==0 ) return;
+  out = fopen(zFile, "wb");
+  if( out==0 ) return;
+  z = (const char*)sqlite3_value_blob(argv[1]);
+  if( z==0 ){
+    n = 0;
+    rc = 0;
+  }else{
+    n = sqlite3_value_bytes(argv[1]);
+    rc = fwrite(z, 1, n, out);
+  }
+  fclose(out);
+  sqlite3_result_int64(context, rc);
+}
 
 /*
 ** Make sure the database is open.  If it is not, then open it.  If
@@ -1673,6 +1736,10 @@ static void open_db(struct callback_data *p, int keepAlive){
 #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_LOAD_EXTENSION
     sqlite3_enable_load_extension(p->db, 1);
 #endif
+    sqlite3_create_function(db, "readfile", 1, SQLITE_UTF8, 0,
+                            readfileFunc, 0, 0);
+    sqlite3_create_function(db, "writefile", 2, SQLITE_UTF8, 0,
+                            writefileFunc, 0, 0);
   }
 }