---
name: "bean-file"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "beancount"
version: "2.3.5-2"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bean-file"
---

# bean-file(1)

file and rename Beancount input documents after transaction extraction

## NAME

bean-file - file and rename Beancount input documents after transaction extraction

## DESCRIPTION

usage: bean-file \[-h\] \[--version\] \[-o OUTPUT\_DIR\] \[-n\] \[--no-overwrite\]

-

  CONFIG\_FILENAME DIR-OR-FILE \[DIR-OR-FILE ...\]

Move and rename downloaded files to a documents tree mirroring the chart of accounts

### positional arguments:

- CONFIG\_FILENAME

  Importer configuration file. This is a Python file with a data structure that is specific to your accounts

- DIR-OR-FILE

  Filenames or directories to search for files to import

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--version**, **-V**

  show program's version number and exit

- **-o** OUTPUT\_DIR, **--output** OUTPUT\_DIR, **--output-dir** OUTPUT\_DIR, **--destination** OUTPUT\_DIR

  The root of the documents tree to move the files to.

- **-n**, **--dry-run**

  Just print where the files would be moved; don't actually move them.

- **--no-overwrite**

  Don't overwrite destination files with the same name.