BEAN-EXAMPLE

NAME

bean-example - generate a randomized Beancount example file

DESCRIPTION

usage: bean-example [-h] [--version] [--date-begin DATE_BEGIN]
[--date-end DATE_END] [--date-birth DATE_BIRTH] [-s SEED]

[--no-reformat] [-o OUTPUT]

Generate a decently-sized example history, based on some rules. This script is used to generate some meaningful input to Beancount, input that looks as realistic as possible for a moderately complex mock individual. This can also be used as an input generator for a stress test for performance evaluation.

options:

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--version, -V

show program’s version number and exit

--date-begin DATE_BEGIN, --begin-date DATE_BEGIN

Beginning date

--date-end DATE_END, --end-date DATE_END

End date.

--date-birth DATE_BIRTH, --birth-date DATE_BIRTH

Date of birth of our fictional character.

-s SEED, --seed SEED

Fix the random seed for debugging.

--no-reformat

Don’t format the output

-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT

Output filename (default stdout)