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+#!/usr/bin/env stack
+-- stack script --compile --resolver nightly-2020-03-26 --package hledger-lib --package hledger --package directory --package text
+-- Add this to see more progress: --verbosity info
+-- Change --resolver to an already-installed one if you like
+
+-- Read the default journal and give an error if any tag values
+-- containing '/' do not exist as file paths. Usage:
+--
+-- $ hledger-check-tag-files.hs    # compiles if needed
+--
+-- or:
+--
+-- $ hledger check-tag-files       # compiles if there's no compiled version
+
+import Control.Monad
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import Hledger.Cli
+import System.Directory
+import System.Exit
+
+main = withJournalDo defcliopts $ \j -> do
+  let filetags = [ (t,v)
+                 | (t',v') <- concatMap transactionAllTags $ jtxns j
+                 , let t = T.unpack t'
+                 , let v = T.unpack v'
+                 , '/' `elem` v
+                 ]
+  forM_ filetags $ \(t,f) -> do
+    exists <- doesFileExist f
+    when (not exists) $ do
+      putStrLn $ "file not found in tag: " ++ t ++ ": " ++ f
+      exitFailure