diff --git a/apps/files/console/scan.php b/apps/files/console/scan.php
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+++ b/apps/files/console/scan.php
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+<?php
+
+if (count($argv) !== 2) {
+	echo "Usage:" . PHP_EOL;
+	echo " files:scan <user_id>" . PHP_EOL;
+	echo "  will rescan all files of the given user" . PHP_EOL;
+	echo " files:scan --all" . PHP_EOL;
+	echo "  will rescan all files of all known users" . PHP_EOL;
+	return;
+}
+
+function scanFiles($user) {
+	$scanner = new \OC\Files\Utils\Scanner($user);
+	$scanner->listen('\OC\Files\Utils\Scanner', 'scanFile', function($path) {
+		echo "Scanning $path" . PHP_EOL;
+	});
+	$scanner->listen('\OC\Files\Utils\Scanner', 'scanFolder', function($path) {
+		echo "Scanning $path" . PHP_EOL;
+	});
+	$scanner->scan('');
+}
+
+if ($argv[1] === '--all') {
+	$users = OC_User::getUsers();
+} else {
+	$users = array($argv[1]);
+}
+
+foreach ($users as $user) {
+	scanFiles($user);
+}
diff --git a/console.php b/console.php
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+++ b/console.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 Bart Visscher <bartv@thisnet.nl>
+ * This file is licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or
+ * later.
+ * See the COPYING-README file.
+ */
+
+$RUNTIME_NOAPPS = true;
+require_once 'lib/base.php';
+
+// Don't do anything if ownCloud has not been installed yet
+if (!OC_Config::getValue('installed', false)) {
+	echo "Console can only be used once ownCloud has been installed" . PHP_EOL;
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+if (!OC::$CLI) {
+	echo "This script can be run from the command line only" . PHP_EOL;
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+if ($argc < 1) {
+	echo "Usage:" . PHP_EOL;
+	echo " php console.php <command>" . PHP_EOL;
+	exit(0);
+}
+
+$command = $argv[1];
+array_shift($argv);
+
+if ($command === 'files:scan') {
+	require_once 'apps/files/console/scan.php';
+} else {
+	echo "Unknown command '$command'" . PHP_EOL;
+}