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bean-example - generate a randomized Beancount example file

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.

show this help message and exit
show program's version number and exit
Beginning date
End date.
Date of birth of our fictional character.
Fix the random seed for debugging.
Don't format the output
Output filename (default stdout)
November 2022 bean-example 2.3.5