diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+Copyright (c) 2008 Dustin Sallings <dustin@spy.net>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
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+# Beanstalk Utilities
+
+Here is a small collection of tools for watching, monitoring, and
+manipulating beanstalkd.
+
+## Interactive Commands
+
+Interactive commands are in the bin directory.
+
+### beanstalk-stats.rb
+
+beanstalk-stats.rb gives you a feel for how fast things are going in and out
+of your queue.
+
+    usage: beanstalk-stats.rb host:11300 host2:11300 [...]
+
+### beanstalk-queue-stats.rb
+
+beanstalk-queue-stats.rb watches a single beanstalk instance and shows you
+which tubes contain elements, and how fast they're changing.
+
+    usage: beanstalk-queue-stats.rb host:11300
diff --git a/bin/beanstalk-queue-stats.rb b/bin/beanstalk-queue-stats.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'beanstalk-client'
+
+B = Beanstalk::Connection.new $*[0]
+
+tubes = $*[1..-1]
+tubes = B.list_tubes if tubes.empty?
+
+def delta(v)
+  v.to_i > 0 ? "+#{v}" : v.to_s
+end
+
+previously={}
+
+loop do
+  puts "#{Time.now.to_s}"
+  tubes.each do |tube|
+    puts "#{tube}"
+    ts=B.stats_tube tube
+    ts.delete('name')
+    deltas = previously[tube] || Hash.new(0)
+    ts.keys.sort.each do |k|
+      puts " - #{k} = #{ts[k]} (#{delta(ts[k] - deltas[k])})"
+    end
+    previously[tube] = ts
+  end
+  puts "------------------"
+  sleep 10
+end
diff --git a/bin/beanstalk-stats.rb b/bin/beanstalk-stats.rb
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+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'beanstalk-client'
+
+def delta(ov, nv)
+  sym = nv > ov ? "+" : ""
+  fmt = nil
+  if ov.is_a?(Fixnum)
+    fmt = "(%s%d)"
+  elsif ov.is_a?(Float)
+    fmt = "(%s%.4f)"
+  else
+    nil
+  end
+
+  if fmt
+    sprintf fmt, sym, (nv - ov)
+  end
+end
+
+def show_stats(oldstats, bp)
+  s = bp.stats
+  puts "----------- #{Time.now} -----------"
+  s.keys.sort.each do |k|
+    if oldstats[k]
+      if oldstats[k] != s[k]
+        puts "#{k} = #{s[k]} #{delta oldstats[k], s[k]}"
+      end
+    else
+      puts "#{k} = #{s[k]}"
+    end
+  end
+  s
+end
+
+bp = Beanstalk::Pool.new $*
+oldstats = {}
+
+loop do
+  oldstats = show_stats(oldstats, bp)
+  sleep 10
+end