diff --git a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/ConsoleUtil.cs b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/ConsoleUtil.cs
index 027753d86c..5c25ccb76c 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Framework/Console/ConsoleUtil.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Framework/Console/ConsoleUtil.cs
@@ -32,100 +32,124 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using log4net;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 
-public class ConsoleUtil
+namespace OpenSim.Framework.Console
 {
-//    private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Used by modules to display stock co-ordinate help, though possibly this should be under some general section
-    /// rather than in each help summary.
-    /// </summary>
-    public const string CoordHelp
-= @"Each component of the coord is comma separated.  There must be no spaces between the commas.
-If you don't care about the z component you can simply omit it.
-If you don't care about the x or y components then you can leave them blank (though a comma is still required)
-If you want to specify the maxmimum value of a component then you can use ~ instead of a number
-If you want to specify the minimum value of a component then you can use -~ instead of a number
-e.g.
-delete object pos 20,20,20 to 40,40,40
-delete object pos 20,20 to 40,40
-delete object pos ,20,20 to ,40,40
-delete object pos ,,30 to ,,~
-delete object pos ,,-~ to ,,30";
-
-    public const string MinRawConsoleVectorValue = "-~";
-    public const string MaxRawConsoleVectorValue = "~";
-
-    public const string VectorSeparator = ",";
-    public static char[] VectorSeparatorChars = VectorSeparator.ToCharArray();
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Convert a minimum vector input from the console to an OpenMetaverse.Vector3
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name='rawConsoleVector'>/param>
-    /// <param name='vector'></param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
-    public static bool TryParseConsoleMinVector(string rawConsoleVector, out Vector3 vector)
+    public class ConsoleUtil
     {
-        return TryParseConsoleVector(rawConsoleVector, c => float.MinValue.ToString(), out vector);
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Convert a maximum vector input from the console to an OpenMetaverse.Vector3
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name='rawConsoleVector'>/param>
-    /// <param name='vector'></param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
-    public static bool TryParseConsoleMaxVector(string rawConsoleVector, out Vector3 vector)
-    {
-        return TryParseConsoleVector(rawConsoleVector, c => float.MaxValue.ToString(), out vector);
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Convert a vector input from the console to an OpenMetaverse.Vector3
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name='rawConsoleVector'>
-    /// A string in the form <x>,<y>,<z> where there is no space between values.
-    /// Any component can be missing (e.g. ,,40).  blankComponentFunc is invoked to replace the blank with a suitable value
-    /// Also, if the blank component is at the end, then the comma can be missed off entirely (e.g. 40,30 or 40)
-    /// The strings "~" and "-~" are valid in components.  The first substitutes float.MaxValue whilst the second is float.MinValue
-    /// Other than that, component values must be numeric.
-    /// </param>
-    /// <param name='blankComponentFunc'></param>
-    /// <param name='vector'></param>
-    /// <returns></returns>
-    public static bool TryParseConsoleVector(
-        string rawConsoleVector, Func<string, string> blankComponentFunc, out Vector3 vector)
-    {
-        List<string> components = rawConsoleVector.Split(VectorSeparatorChars).ToList();
-
-        if (components.Count < 1 || components.Count > 3)
+    //    private static readonly ILog m_log = LogManager.GetLogger(MethodBase.GetCurrentMethod().DeclaringType);
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Used by modules to display stock co-ordinate help, though possibly this should be under some general section
+        /// rather than in each help summary.
+        /// </summary>
+        public const string CoordHelp
+    = @"Each component of the coord is comma separated.  There must be no spaces between the commas.
+    If you don't care about the z component you can simply omit it.
+    If you don't care about the x or y components then you can leave them blank (though a comma is still required)
+    If you want to specify the maxmimum value of a component then you can use ~ instead of a number
+    If you want to specify the minimum value of a component then you can use -~ instead of a number
+    e.g.
+    delete object pos 20,20,20 to 40,40,40
+    delete object pos 20,20 to 40,40
+    delete object pos ,20,20 to ,40,40
+    delete object pos ,,30 to ,,~
+    delete object pos ,,-~ to ,,30";
+    
+        public const string MinRawConsoleVectorValue = "-~";
+        public const string MaxRawConsoleVectorValue = "~";
+    
+        public const string VectorSeparator = ",";
+        public static char[] VectorSeparatorChars = VectorSeparator.ToCharArray();
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Try to parse a console UUID from the console.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// Will complain to the console if parsing fails.
+        /// </remarks>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        /// <param name='console'></param>
+        /// <param name='rawUuid'></param>
+        /// <param name='uuid'></param>
+        public static bool TryParseConsoleUuid(ICommandConsole console, string rawUuid, out UUID uuid)
         {
-            vector = Vector3.Zero;
-            return false;
+            if (!UUID.TryParse(rawUuid, out uuid))
+            {
+                console.OutputFormat("{0} is not a valid uuid", rawUuid);
+                return false;
+            }
+    
+            return true;
+        }
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert a minimum vector input from the console to an OpenMetaverse.Vector3
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name='rawConsoleVector'>/param>
+        /// <param name='vector'></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static bool TryParseConsoleMinVector(string rawConsoleVector, out Vector3 vector)
+        {
+            return TryParseConsoleVector(rawConsoleVector, c => float.MinValue.ToString(), out vector);
+        }
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert a maximum vector input from the console to an OpenMetaverse.Vector3
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name='rawConsoleVector'>/param>
+        /// <param name='vector'></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static bool TryParseConsoleMaxVector(string rawConsoleVector, out Vector3 vector)
+        {
+            return TryParseConsoleVector(rawConsoleVector, c => float.MaxValue.ToString(), out vector);
+        }
+    
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Convert a vector input from the console to an OpenMetaverse.Vector3
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name='rawConsoleVector'>
+        /// A string in the form <x>,<y>,<z> where there is no space between values.
+        /// Any component can be missing (e.g. ,,40).  blankComponentFunc is invoked to replace the blank with a suitable value
+        /// Also, if the blank component is at the end, then the comma can be missed off entirely (e.g. 40,30 or 40)
+        /// The strings "~" and "-~" are valid in components.  The first substitutes float.MaxValue whilst the second is float.MinValue
+        /// Other than that, component values must be numeric.
+        /// </param>
+        /// <param name='blankComponentFunc'></param>
+        /// <param name='vector'></param>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static bool TryParseConsoleVector(
+            string rawConsoleVector, Func<string, string> blankComponentFunc, out Vector3 vector)
+        {
+            List<string> components = rawConsoleVector.Split(VectorSeparatorChars).ToList();
+    
+            if (components.Count < 1 || components.Count > 3)
+            {
+                vector = Vector3.Zero;
+                return false;
+            }
+    
+            for (int i = components.Count; i < 3; i++)
+                components.Add("");
+    
+            List<string> semiDigestedComponents
+                = components.ConvertAll<string>(
+                    c =>
+                    {
+                        if (c == "")
+                            return blankComponentFunc.Invoke(c);
+                        else if (c == MaxRawConsoleVectorValue)
+                            return float.MaxValue.ToString();
+                        else if (c == MinRawConsoleVectorValue)
+                            return float.MinValue.ToString();
+                        else
+                            return c;
+                    });
+    
+            string semiDigestedConsoleVector = string.Join(VectorSeparator, semiDigestedComponents.ToArray());
+    
+    //        m_log.DebugFormat("[CONSOLE UTIL]: Parsing {0} into OpenMetaverse.Vector3", semiDigestedConsoleVector);
+    
+            return Vector3.TryParse(semiDigestedConsoleVector, out vector);
         }
-
-        for (int i = components.Count; i < 3; i++)
-            components.Add("");
-
-        List<string> semiDigestedComponents
-            = components.ConvertAll<string>(
-                c =>
-                {
-                    if (c == "")
-                        return blankComponentFunc.Invoke(c);
-                    else if (c == MaxRawConsoleVectorValue)
-                        return float.MaxValue.ToString();
-                    else if (c == MinRawConsoleVectorValue)
-                        return float.MinValue.ToString();
-                    else
-                        return c;
-                });
-
-        string semiDigestedConsoleVector = string.Join(VectorSeparator, semiDigestedComponents.ToArray());
-
-//        m_log.DebugFormat("[CONSOLE UTIL]: Parsing {0} into OpenMetaverse.Vector3", semiDigestedConsoleVector);
-
-        return Vector3.TryParse(semiDigestedConsoleVector, out vector);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs
index 6435ae6d1e..41a1afd643 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/CoreModules/World/Objects/Commands/ObjectCommandsModule.cs
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+using System.Xml;
 using log4net;
 using Mono.Addins;
 using NDesk.Options;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Monitoring;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Interfaces;
 using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes;
+using OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes.Serialization;
 
 namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Objects.Commands
 {
@@ -181,6 +184,16 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Objects.Commands
                 "Show details of scene object parts within the given area.",
                 ConsoleUtil.CoordHelp,
                 HandleShowPartByPos);
+
+            m_console.Commands.AddCommand(
+                "Objects",
+                false,
+                "dump object uuid",
+                "dump object uuid <UUID>",
+                "Dump the formatted serialization of the given object to the file <UUID>.xml",
+                "e.g. dump object uuid c1ed6809-cc24-4061-a4c2-93082a2d1f1d will dump serialization to c1ed6809-cc24-4061-a4c2-93082a2d1f1d.xml\n"
+                    + "To locate the UUID in the first place, you need to use the other show object commands",
+                HandleDumpObjectByUuid);
         }
 
         public void RemoveRegion(Scene scene)
@@ -447,6 +460,46 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.CoreModules.World.Objects.Commands
             OutputSopsToConsole(searchPredicate, true);
         }
 
+        private void HandleDumpObjectByUuid(string module, string[] cmdparams)
+        {
+            if (!(m_console.ConsoleScene == null || m_console.ConsoleScene == m_scene))
+                return;
+
+            if (cmdparams.Length < 4)
+            {
+                m_console.OutputFormat("Usage: dump object uuid <uuid>");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            UUID objectUuid;
+            if (!ConsoleUtil.TryParseConsoleUuid(m_console, cmdparams[3], out objectUuid))
+                return;
+
+            SceneObjectGroup so = m_scene.GetSceneObjectGroup(objectUuid);
+
+            if (so == null)
+            {
+//                m_console.OutputFormat("No part found with uuid {0}", objectUuid);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            string fileName = string.Format("{0}.xml", objectUuid);
+
+            if (File.Exists(fileName))
+            {
+                m_console.OutputFormat("File {0} already exists.  Please move or remove it.", fileName);
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            using (XmlTextWriter xtw = new XmlTextWriter(fileName, Encoding.UTF8))
+            {
+                xtw.Formatting = Formatting.Indented;
+                SceneObjectSerializer.ToOriginalXmlFormat(so, xtw, true);
+            }
+            
+            m_console.OutputFormat("Object dumped to file {0}", fileName);
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Append a scene object report to an input StringBuilder
         /// </summary>