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+"""
+Beancount to Ledger converter
+"""
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+__license__ = "GPL-2.0-only"
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+
+import beancount2ledger
+
+
+def cli():
+    """
+    Main function for CLI access.
+    """
+
+    if "hledger" in sys.argv[0]:
+        default = "hledger"
+    else:
+        default = "ledger"
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '-f',
+        "--format",
+        dest="format",
+        action="store",
+        choices=("ledger", "hledger"),
+        default=default,
+        help=f"output format (default: {default})")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'file', help='beancount file', type=argparse.FileType('r'))
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    print(beancount2ledger.convert_file(args.file.name, args.format))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cli()
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+beancount2ledger
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+"""
+Beancount to Ledger converter
+"""
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+from beancount2ledger.cli import cli
+
+cli()
diff --git a/docs/beancount2hledger.1.sdc b/docs/beancount2hledger.1.sdc
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+beancount2ledger.1.sdc
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diff --git a/docs/beancount2ledger.1.sdc b/docs/beancount2ledger.1.sdc
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+beancount2ledger(1)
+
+; SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
+
+; SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+
+# NAME
+
+beancount2ledger - beancount to ledger converter
+
+# SYNOPSIS
+
+*beancount2ledger* [options] _input.beancount_ > _output.ledger_
+
+# DESCRIPTION
+
+*beancount2ledger* converts a file in *beancount* format to the *ledger* file format.
+
+# OPTIONS
+
+*-f, --format*
+	Specify the output format.  Allowed values are _ledger_ and _hledger_.
+
+	When *beancount2ledger* is called, the default format is _ledger_ whereas the default format is _hledger_ when *beancount2hledger* is called.
+
+*-h, --help*
+	Show help message and quit.
+
+# USAGE
+
+*beancount2ledger* takes a file argument, loads the file into *beancount* data structures, and converts the data to *ledger* output.
+
+# BUGS
+
+If you find any bugs in *beancount2ledger* or believe the conversion from *beancount* to *ledger* could be improved, please open an issue on GitHub:
+
+	https://github.com/beancount/beancount2ledger/issues
+
+Please include a small test case so we can reproduce the problem.
+
+# AUTHORS
+
+Martin Blais, Martin Michlmayr, and others
+
+# SEE ALSO
+
+*ledger*(1), *hledger*(1)
+