diff --git a/test/duplicate.t b/test/duplicate.t
index 8238541fb..e8316e97b 100755
--- a/test/duplicate.t
+++ b/test/duplicate.t
@@ -1,72 +1,68 @@
-#! /usr/bin/env perl
-################################################################################
-##
-## Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
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-## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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-## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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-## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
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-## OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-## SOFTWARE.
-##
-## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
-##
-################################################################################
+#!/usr/bin/env python2.7
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2006 - 2015, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+#
+###############################################################################
 
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-use Test::More tests => 10;
+import sys
+import os
+import unittest
+# Ensure python finds the local simpletap module
+sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
 
-# Ensure environment has no influence.
-delete $ENV{'TASKDATA'};
-delete $ENV{'TASKRC'};
+from basetest import Task, TestCase
 
-use File::Basename;
-my $ut = basename ($0);
-my $rc = $ut . '.rc';
 
-# Create the rc file.
-if (open my $fh, '>', $rc)
-{
-  print $fh "data.location=.\n";
-  close $fh;
-}
+class TestDuplication(TestCase):
 
-# Test the duplicate command.
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc add foo 2>&1};
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc 1 duplicate 2>&1};
-my $output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc info 2 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/ID\s+2/,            "$ut: duplicate new id");
-like ($output, qr/Status\s+Pending/,  "$ut: duplicate same status");
-like ($output, qr/Description\s+foo/, "$ut: duplicate same description");
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Executed before each test in the class"""
+        # Used to initialize objects that should be re-initialized or
+        # re-created for each individual test
+        self.t = Task()
+        self.t("add foo")
 
-# Test the en passant modification while duplicating.
-qx{../src/task rc:$rc 1 duplicate priority:H /foo/FOO/ +tag 2>&1};
-$output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc info 3 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/ID\s+3/,            "$ut: duplicate new id");
-like ($output, qr/Status\s+Pending/,  "$ut: duplicate same status");
-like ($output, qr/Description\s+FOO/, "$ut: duplicate modified description");
-like ($output, qr/Priority\s+H/,      "$ut: duplicate added priority");
-like ($output, qr/Tags\s+tag/,        "$ut: duplicate added tag");
+    def test_duplication(self):
+        """Verify duplicates are the same"""
+        self.t("1 duplicate")
+        code, out, err = self.t("2 export")
+        self.assertIn('"description":"foo"', out)
+        self.assertIn('"status":"pending"', out)
 
-# Test the output of the duplicate command - returning id of duplicated task
-$output = qx{../src/task rc:$rc 1 duplicate 2>&1};
-like ($output, qr/Duplicated\stask\s1\s'foo'/, "$ut: duplicate output task id and description");
-like ($output, qr/Created\s+task\s+4/,         "$ut: duplicate output of new task id");
+    def test_duplication_with_en_passant(self):
+        """Verify en-passant changes work with duplication"""
+        self.t("1 duplicate priority:H /foo/FOO/ +tag")
+        code, out, err = self.t("2 export")
+        self.assertIn('"description":"FOO"', out)
+        self.assertIn('"status":"pending"', out)
+        self.assertIn('"priority":"H"', out)
+        self.assertIn('"tags":["tag"]', out)
 
-# Cleanup.
-unlink qw(pending.data completed.data undo.data backlog.data), $rc;
-exit 0;
 
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    from simpletap import TAPTestRunner
+    unittest.main(testRunner=TAPTestRunner())
+
+# vim: ai sts=4 et sw=4