diff --git a/extra/accountnames.hs b/extra/accountnames.hs
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--- a/extra/accountnames.hs
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
--- list the default journal's chart of accounts in --flat style
-import Hledger
-main = do
-  j <- myJournal
-  let l = journalToLedger nullfilterspec{empty=True} j
-  mapM_ putStrLn (accountnames l)
diff --git a/extra/equity.hs b/extra/equity.hs
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--- a/extra/equity.hs
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-#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
-{-
-Print an entry posting the total balance of the specified account and
-subaccounts, or all accounts, from the default journal. Like ledger's
-equity command. Useful when starting a new journal or closing the books.
-
-Usage: equity.hs [ACCTPAT]
--}
-import Hledger
-import Hledger.Cli
-import System.Environment
-
-main = do
-  j <- myJournal
-  d <- getCurrentDay
-  args <- getArgs
-  let acctpat = head $ args ++ [""]
-      (acctbals,_) = balanceReport [Flat] (optsToFilterSpec [] [acctpat] d) j
-      txn = nulltransaction{
-              tdate=d,
-              tpostings=[nullposting{paccount=a,pamount=b} | (a,_,_,b) <- acctbals]
-                         ++ [nullposting{paccount="equity:opening balances",pamount=missingamt}]}
-  putStr $ show txn
diff --git a/extra/hledger-accountnames.hs b/extra/hledger-accountnames.hs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+-- Show all account names used in the default journal.
+
+import Hledger
+
+main = do
+  j <- defaultJournal
+  let l = ledgerFromJournal Any j
+  mapM_ putStrLn $ ledgerAccountNames l
diff --git a/extra/hledger-equity.hs b/extra/hledger-equity.hs
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@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+{-
+
+Like ledger's equity command, print a journal entry posting the total
+balance of all accounts (or the specified account and its subaccounts)
+in the default journal.
+
+An entry like this is useful in the transition to a new journal file,
+to zero out asset/liability balances in the old file and initialise
+them in the new one. This way you get correct balances when reporting
+on either file, and when including both files at once.
+
+Usage: hledger-equity [ACCTPAT]
+-}
+import Hledger
+import Hledger.Cli
+import System.Environment
+
+main = do
+  j <- defaultJournal
+  d <- getCurrentDay
+  args <- getArgs
+  let query = Or $ map Acct args
+      ropts = defreportopts{flat_=True}
+      (acctbals,_) = accountsReport ropts query j
+      balancingamt = negate $ sum $ map (\(_,_,_,b) -> b) acctbals
+      ps = [posting{paccount=a, pamount=b} | (a,_,_,b) <- acctbals]
+           ++ [posting{paccount="equity:opening balances", pamount=balancingamt}]
+      txn = nulltransaction{tdate=d, tpostings=ps}
+  putStr $ showTransactionUnelided txn
diff --git a/extra/hledger-print-unique.hs b/extra/hledger-print-unique.hs
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+{-|
+hledger-print-unique [-f JOURNALFILE | -f-]
+
+Print only journal entries which are unique by description (or
+something else). Reads the default or specified journal, or stdin.
+
+|-}
+
+import Data.List
+import Data.Ord
+import Hledger
+import Hledger.Cli
+import Hledger.Cli.Print (print')
+
+main = do
+  opts <- getHledgerCliOpts []
+  withJournalDo opts $
+    \opts j@Journal{jtxns=ts} -> print' opts j{jtxns=uniquify ts}
+    where 
+      uniquify = nubBy (\t1 t2 -> thingToCompare t1 == thingToCompare t2) . sortBy (comparing thingToCompare)
+
+thingToCompare = tdescription
+-- thingToCompare = tdate
diff --git a/extra/uniquify.hs b/extra/uniquify.hs
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-#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
-{-|
-Uniquify journal entries based on some id in the description. Reads the
-default or specified journal, or stdin.
-
-Usage: uniquify.hs [-f JOURNALFILE | -f-]
-|-}
-
-import Data.List
-import Hledger
-import Hledger.Cli
-
-main = do
-  opts <- getHledgerOpts
-  withJournalDo opts uniquifyAndPrint
-
-uniquifyAndPrint :: CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
-uniquifyAndPrint opts j@Journal{jtxns=ts} = print' opts j{jtxns=uniquify ts}
-    where
-      uniquify = nubBy (\t1 t2 -> extractId (tdescription t1) == extractId (tdescription t2))
-      extractId desc = desc -- extract some part that's supposed to be unique