diff --git a/doc/examples/book-to-hledger.scm b/doc/examples/book-to-hledger.scm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a67e2263ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/examples/book-to-hledger.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+;; this file is meant to be run via the gnucash-cli interface: --script simple-book-add-txn.scm
+;;
+;; gnucash-cli book.gnucash --script simple-book-add-txn.scm
+;;
+
+(use-modules (gnucash core-utils))
+(use-modules (gnucash engine))
+(use-modules (gnucash app-utils))
+(use-modules (gnucash report))
+(use-modules (ice-9 match))
+
+(define iso-date (qof-date-format-get-string QOF-DATE-FORMAT-ISO))
+(define book (gnc-get-current-book))
+(define root (gnc-get-current-root-account))
+(define query (qof-query-create-for-splits))
+(qof-query-set-book query (gnc-get-current-book))
+(xaccQueryAddAccountMatch query (gnc-account-get-descendants root) QOF-GUID-MATCH-ANY QOF-QUERY-AND)
+(qof-query-set-sort-order
+ query
+ (list SPLIT-TRANS TRANS-DATE-POSTED)
+ '()
+ (list QUERY-DEFAULT-SORT))
+
+(define (dump-transaction trans)
+  (format #t "~a ~a\n"
+          (gnc-print-time64 (xaccTransGetDate trans) iso-date)
+          (xaccTransGetDescription trans))
+  (define (split->account s)
+    (gnc-account-get-full-name (xaccSplitGetAccount s)))
+  (define (split->amount s)
+    (format #f "~a ~a"
+            (exact->inexact (xaccSplitGetAmount s))
+            (gnc-commodity-get-mnemonic (xaccAccountGetCommodity (xaccSplitGetAccount s)))))
+  (define max-width
+    (let lp ((splits (xaccTransGetSplitList trans)) (maximum 0))
+      (match splits
+        (() (+ maximum 2))
+        ((s . rest)
+         (lp rest (max maximum (+ (string-length (split->account s))
+                                  (string-length (split->amount s)))))))))
+  (for-each
+   (lambda (s)
+     (define txn (xaccSplitGetParent s))
+     (define acc-name (split->account s))
+     (define amt-str (split->amount s))
+     (format #t "  ~a~a~a\n"
+             acc-name
+             (make-string (- max-width (string-length acc-name) (string-length amt-str)) #\space)
+             amt-str))
+   (xaccTransGetSplitList trans)))
+
+(define split-has-no-account? (compose null? xaccSplitGetAccount))
+
+(let lp ((splits (xaccQueryGetSplitsUniqueTrans query)))
+  (newline)
+  (match splits
+    (() #f)
+    (((? split-has-no-account?) . rest) (lp rest))
+    ((split . rest) (dump-transaction (xaccSplitGetParent split)) (lp rest))))
+
+(qof-query-destroy query)
+(gnc-clear-current-session)
diff --git a/po/POTFILES.skip b/po/POTFILES.skip
index a769815d880..e656249ddcd 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.skip
+++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ libgnucash/engine/iso-4217-currencies.c
 
 # This file containing @PROJECT_NAME@ shouldn't be translated.
 gnucash/gschemas/org.gnucash.GnuCash.deprecated.gschema.xml.in
+
+# These files are example scripts for gnucash-cli
+doc/examples/book-to-hledger.scm