diff --git a/src/client.c b/src/client.c
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+/* Copyright 2016 Alex 'AdUser' Z (ad_user@runbox.com)
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+#include "common.h"
+#include "cmsg.h"
+#include "commands.h"
+#include "csocket.h"
+#include "client.h"
+#include "log.h"
+
+#include <signal.h>
+
+struct {
+  enum { interactive = 0, oneshot } mode;
+  int  csocket;
+  char csocket_spath[PATH_MAX];
+  char csocket_cpath[PATH_MAX];
+} opts = {
+  interactive, -1,
+  DEFAULT_CSOCKET_PATH,
+  DEFAULT_CSOCKET_CPATH, /* template */
+};
+
+void usage(int exitcode) {
+  fputs("Usage: f2bc [-h] [-s <path>] [-c <command>]\n", stdout);
+  fputs("\t-h         Show this message\n", stdout);
+  fputs("\t-c <cmd>   Send command to daemon\n", stdout);
+  fputs("\t-s <path>  Path to socket (default: " DEFAULT_CSOCKET_PATH ")\n", stdout);
+  exit(exitcode);
+}
+
+int
+handle_cmd(const char *line) {
+  f2b_cmsg_t cmsg;
+  struct sockaddr_storage addr;
+  socklen_t addrlen = 0;
+  int ret;
+
+  memset(&addr, 0x0, sizeof(addr));
+  memset(&cmsg, 0x0, sizeof(cmsg));
+
+  cmsg.type = f2b_cmd_parse(line, &cmsg.data[0], sizeof(cmsg.data));
+  if (cmsg.type == CMD_HELP) {
+    f2b_cmd_help();
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+  } else if (cmsg.type == CMD_NONE) {
+    f2b_log_msg(log_warn, "unable to parse command line");
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  /* fill other fields */
+  strncpy(cmsg.magic, "F2B", sizeof(cmsg.magic));
+  cmsg.version = F2B_PROTO_VER;
+  cmsg.size = strlen(cmsg.data);
+  cmsg.data[cmsg.size] = '\0';
+  f2b_cmsg_convert_args(&cmsg);
+  cmsg.flags |= CMSG_FLAG_NEED_REPLY;
+  if ((ret = f2b_csocket_send(opts.csocket, &cmsg, NULL,  &addrlen)) < 0)
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+  memset(&cmsg, 0x0, sizeof(cmsg));
+  addrlen = sizeof(addr);
+  if ((ret = f2b_csocket_recv(opts.csocket, &cmsg, &addr, &addrlen)) < 0)
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+  if (cmsg.type != CMD_RESP) {
+    f2b_log_msg(log_error, "recieved message not a 'response' type");
+    return EXIT_FAILURE;
+  }
+  fputs(cmsg.data, stdout);
+  fputc('\n', stdout);
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+void
+signal_handler(int signum) {
+  switch (signum) {
+    case SIGINT:
+    case SIGTERM:
+      unlink(opts.csocket_cpath);
+      break;
+    default:
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  struct sigaction act;
+  char line[INPUT_LINE_MAX] = "";
+  char opt = '\0';
+  int ret;
+
+  while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "c:hs:")) != -1) {
+    switch (opt) {
+      case 'c':
+        opts.mode = oneshot;
+        strlcpy(line, optarg, sizeof(line));
+        break;
+      case 's':
+        strlcpy(opts.csocket_spath, optarg, sizeof(opts.csocket_spath));
+        break;
+      case 'h':
+        usage(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+        break;
+      default:
+        usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  SA_REGISTER(SIGTERM, &signal_handler);
+  SA_REGISTER(SIGINT,  &signal_handler);
+
+  /* prepare client side of socket */
+  mkstemp(opts.csocket_cpath);
+  unlink(opts.csocket_cpath); /* remove regular file created by mkstemp() */
+
+  if ((opts.csocket = f2b_csocket_connect(opts.csocket_spath, opts.csocket_cpath)) <= 0)
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+
+  if (opts.mode == oneshot) {
+    ret = handle_cmd(line);
+    f2b_csocket_disconnect(opts.csocket, opts.csocket_cpath);
+    exit(ret);
+  }
+
+  while (1) {
+    fputs("f2b >> ", stdout);
+    fgets(line, sizeof(line) - 1, stdin);
+    if (feof(stdin))
+      break;
+    handle_cmd(line);
+  }
+
+  f2b_csocket_disconnect(opts.csocket, opts.csocket_cpath);
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/src/client.h b/src/client.h
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+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <sys/uio.h>
+#include <getopt.h>