diff --git a/utils/src/punch_offline.c b/utils/src/punch_offline.c
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+++ b/utils/src/punch_offline.c
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+#include <sys/ioctl.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <argp.h>
+
+#include "sparse.h"
+#include "parse.h"
+#include "util.h"
+#include "ioctl.h"
+#include "cmd.h"
+
+struct po_args {
+	char *path;
+	u64 offset;
+	u64 length;
+	u64 data_version;
+
+	unsigned offset_set:1,
+	         length_set:1,
+	         data_version_set:1;
+};
+
+static int do_punch_offline(struct po_args *args)
+{
+	struct scoutfs_ioctl_punch_offline ioctl_args;
+	int ret;
+	int fd;
+
+	fd = get_path(args->path, O_RDWR);
+	if (fd < 0)
+		return fd;
+
+	ioctl_args.offset = args->offset;
+	ioctl_args.len = args->length;
+	ioctl_args.data_version = args->data_version;
+	ioctl_args.flags = 0;
+
+	ret = ioctl(fd, SCOUTFS_IOC_PUNCH_OFFLINE, &ioctl_args);
+
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = -errno;
+		fprintf(stderr, "punch_offline ioctl failed: %s (%d)\n",
+			strerror(errno), errno);
+	}
+
+	close(fd);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
+{
+	struct po_args *args = state->input;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	switch (key) {
+	case 'V':
+		ret = parse_u64(arg, &args->data_version);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		args->data_version_set = 1;
+		break;
+	case 'o': /* offset */
+		ret = parse_human(arg, &args->offset);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		args->offset_set = 1;
+		break;
+	case 'l': /* length */
+		ret = parse_human(arg, &args->length);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+		args->length_set = 1;
+		break;
+	case ARGP_KEY_ARG:
+		if (!args->path)
+			args->path = strdup_or_error(state, arg);
+		else
+			argp_error(state, "unknown extra argument given");
+		break;
+	case ARGP_KEY_FINI:
+		if (!args->path)
+			argp_error(state, "must provide path to file");
+		if (!args->offset_set)
+			argp_error(state, "must provide offset");
+		if (!args->length_set)
+			argp_error(state, "must provide length");
+		if (!args->data_version_set)
+			argp_error(state, "must provide data_version");
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct argp_option options[] = {
+	{ "data-version", 'V', "VERSION", 0, "Data version of the file [Required]"},
+	{ "offset", 'o', "OFFSET", 0, "Offset (bytes or KMGTP units) in file to stage [Required]"},
+	{ "length", 'l', "LENGTH", 0, "Length of range (bytes or KMGTP units) of file to stage. [Required]"},
+	{ NULL }
+};
+
+static struct argp argp = {
+	options,
+	parse_opt,
+	"PATH",
+	"Make a (sparse) hole in the file at offset and with length"
+};
+
+static int punch_offline_cmd(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	struct po_args po_args = {NULL};
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = argp_parse(&argp, argc, argv, 0, NULL, &po_args);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return do_punch_offline(&po_args);
+}
+
+static void __attribute__((constructor)) punch_offline_ctor(void)
+{
+	cmd_register_argp("punch-offline", &argp, GROUP_AGENT, punch_offline_cmd);
+}