diff --git a/cli/python/app.py b/cli/python/app.py
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+import io
+import json
+import subprocess
+import urllib.parse
+import os
+
+def listnotes(filter = ""):
+	for i in reversed(range(len(data))):
+		if filter in data[i]["title"]:
+			print("[" + str(i) + "]", data[i]["title"])
+
+def readtextfile(path):
+	with io.open(path, mode = "r", encoding = "utf-8") as f:
+		return f.read()
+
+def writetextfile(path, content):
+	with io.open(path, mode = "w", encoding = "utf-8") as f:
+		f.write(content)
+
+settings = json.loads(readtextfile("settings.json"))
+
+if os.path.isfile("data/backupdata.acs"):
+	os.remove("data/backupdata.acs")
+
+subprocess.call(["curl", "-s", "-X", "POST", "-F", "action=fetch", "-F", "password=" + settings["password"], "-o", "data/backupdata.acs", settings["url"] + "/handler.php"])
+subprocess.call([settings["commands"]["gpg"], "-q", "--yes", "--output", "data/backupdata.json", "--decrypt", "data/backupdata.acs"])
+
+data = json.loads(readtextfile("data/backupdata.json"))
+
+command = "list"
+while not (command == "quit" or command == "exit" or command == "q"):
+
+	if command == "list":
+		listnotes()
+	elif command.split()[0] == "find":
+		searchstring = command.replace("find ", "")
+		listnotes(searchstring)
+	else:
+		try:
+			index = int(command)
+			note = data[index]
+			content = note["content"]
+
+			writetextfile("data/backupnote.md", content)
+			writetextfile("data/note.md", content)
+
+			subprocess.call(settings["commands"]["editor"] + ["data/note.md"])
+			newcontent = readtextfile("data/note.md")
+
+			if newcontent != content:
+
+				listnotes()
+				subprocess.call(["diff", "--color", "data/backupnote.md", "data/note.md"])
+
+				note["content"] = newcontent
+				data.remove(note)
+				data.insert(0, note)
+
+				writetextfile("data/data.json", json.dumps(data))
+
+				subprocess.call([settings["commands"]["gpg"], "-q", "--encrypt", "--yes", "--trust-model", "always", "--output", "data/data.acs", "--armor", "-r", settings["gpguser"], "data/data.json"]);
+				newdata = readtextfile("data/data.acs")
+
+				postdata = "action=push&password=" + settings["password"] + "&data=" + urllib.parse.quote_plus(newdata)
+
+				writetextfile("data/postdata", postdata)
+
+				subprocess.call(["curl", "-s", "-X", "POST", "-d", "@data/postdata", settings["url"] + "/handler.php"])
+			else:
+				print("no change")
+
+		except:
+			print("error with command " + command)
+
+	command = input("> ")
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diff --git a/cli/python/settingssample.json b/cli/python/settingssample.json
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+{
+	"url": "http://localhost:8000",
+	"password": "",
+	"gpguser": "",
+	"commands":
+	{
+		"editor": ["vim"],
+		"gpg": "gpg"
+	}
+}
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