diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 6490a2f45a..d443649930 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C Fix\stypos.\s(CVS\s320)
-D 2001-11-24T13:50:53
+C Add\sthe\sability\sto\sdo\sa\ssingle\s.command\sas\sthe\ssecond\sargument\nto\sthe\scommand-line\sshell.\s(CVS\s321)
+D 2001-11-25T13:18:24
 F Makefile.in 352fed589f09dd94347e0bb391d047118ebd6105
 F Makefile.template b6c3d3ba089e97e3a721e967f3151350f36cb42b
 F README a4c0ba11354ef6ba0776b400d057c59da47a4cc0
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ F src/parse.y 5295f393f41ea89958287e5738e6c12c7cd67482
 F src/printf.c 300a90554345751f26e1fc0c0333b90a66110a1d
 F src/random.c 2a9cc2c9716d14815fd4c2accf89d87a1143e46b
 F src/select.c fa1c7144a9ad7ce3f16373b443bc25e764af4be7
-F src/shell.c 175f4e942286bcafefc5bd44346deb94394615b1
+F src/shell.c 407095aaeeae78f42deb3e846b1ad77f8ed3b4ef
 F src/shell.tcl 27ecbd63dd88396ad16d81ab44f73e6c0ea9d20e
 F src/sqlite.h.in 934de9112747ad8d8e7d5fec44876246b24ca5a3
 F src/sqliteInt.h 1d812fd1eed0008d31f7e31293f058bb6dbe3f09
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ F www/arch.fig d5f9752a4dbf242e9cfffffd3f5762b6c63b3bcf
 F www/arch.png 82ef36db1143828a7abc88b1e308a5f55d4336f4
 F www/arch.tcl 72a0c80e9054cc7025a50928d28d9c75c02c2b8b
 F www/c_interface.tcl 58922228e8fdb0f6af3561a051ee8ccec6dbfd17
-F www/changes.tcl 0a54872839461f49b7300b36571d342f0ef0d4fb
+F www/changes.tcl 6aa1912a7da010dee96b904bbf74694eb4d4445c
 F www/crosscompile.tcl 3622ebbe518927a3854a12de51344673eb2dd060
 F www/download.tcl 1ea61f9d89a2a5a9b2cee36b0d5cf97321bdefe0
 F www/dynload.tcl 02eb8273aa78cfa9070dd4501dca937fb22b466c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ F www/speed.tcl 83457b2bf6bb430900bd48ca3dd98264d9a916a5
 F www/sqlite.tcl 8b5884354cb615049aed83039f8dfe1552a44279
 F www/tclsqlite.tcl 880ef67cb4f2797b95bf1368fc4e0d8ca0fda956
 F www/vdbe.tcl 2013852c27a02a091d39a766bc87cff329f21218
-P e86a68c5ace984da09d3ce44dae5d501ec0d0eec
-R 71292e19ac500e514794999bf8339d1a
+P 3be8a189e8ccf8a82acc4ee72cc75b6cc92aa193
+R bef40867b94c97a0a18ccef8081a3db9
 U drh
-Z 219866e6286d486743b9a8447e369653
+Z c7c502054afc4f55970b082ddb69834b
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index b8b9652715..70e8b599b1 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-3be8a189e8ccf8a82acc4ee72cc75b6cc92aa193
\ No newline at end of file
+653f37c365a0b5d59c11b7dbba57905ffaeff2dc
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shell.c b/src/shell.c
index 4db83d7b77..0f4464824b 100644
--- a/src/shell.c
+++ b/src/shell.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 ** This file contains code to implement the "sqlite" command line
 ** utility for accessing SQLite databases.
 **
-** $Id: shell.c,v 1.39 2001/11/24 00:31:46 drh Exp $
+** $Id: shell.c,v 1.40 2001/11/25 13:18:24 drh Exp $
 */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -907,9 +907,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
   }
   data.out = stdout;
   if( argc==3 ){
-    if( sqlite_exec(db, argv[2], callback, &data, &zErrMsg)!=0 && zErrMsg!=0 ){
-      fprintf(stderr,"SQL error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
-      exit(1);
+    if( argv[2][0]=='.' ){
+      do_meta_command(argv[2], db, &data);
+      exit(0);
+    }else{
+      int rc;
+      rc = sqlite_exec(db, argv[2], callback, &data, &zErrMsg);
+      if( rc!=0 && zErrMsg!=0 ){
+        fprintf(stderr,"SQL error: %s\n", zErrMsg);
+        exit(1);
+      }
     }
   }else{
     extern int isatty();
diff --git a/www/changes.tcl b/www/changes.tcl
index c76ad91bcd..ff464d4f42 100644
--- a/www/changes.tcl
+++ b/www/changes.tcl
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ proc chng {date desc} {
   puts "<DD><P><UL>$desc</UL></P></DD>"
 }
 
+chng {2001 Nov ?? (2.1.4)} {
+<li>Add the ability to put a single .command in the second argument
+    of the sqlite shell</li>
+}
+
 chng {2001 Nov 23 (2.1.3)} {
 <li>Fix the behavior of comparison operators 
     (ex: "<b>&lt</b>", "<b>==</b>", etc.)