diff --git a/doc/FILES.md b/doc/FILES.md
index 9bb3c0832..7879c00c4 100644
--- a/doc/FILES.md
+++ b/doc/FILES.md
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ src/hledger/
           Register.md
           Rewrite.md
           Roi.md
+          Run.md
           Stats.md
           Tags.md
           Test.md
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
index e224e5963..975911cff 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli.hs
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ import Hledger
 import Hledger.Cli.CliOptions
 import Hledger.Cli.Conf
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands
+import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
 import Hledger.Cli.DocFiles
 import Hledger.Cli.Utils
 import Hledger.Cli.Version
@@ -417,7 +418,10 @@ main = withGhcDebug' $ do
           ensureJournalFileExists . NE.head =<< journalFilePathFromOpts opts
           withJournalDo opts (cmdaction opts)
 
-        -- 6.5.4. all other builtin commands - read the journal and if successful run the command with it
+        -- 6.5.4. run needs findBuiltinCommands passed to it to avoid circular dependency in the code
+        | cmdname == "run" -> do withJournalDo opts $ Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run.run findBuiltinCommand opts
+
+        -- 6.5.5. all other builtin commands - read the journal and if successful run the command with it
         | otherwise -> withJournalDo opts $ cmdaction opts
 
     -- 6.6. external addon command found - run it,
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
index 6c5fd0a86..f4b30ebed 100644
--- a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands.hs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ module Hledger.Cli.Commands (
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Print
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Register
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
+  ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
   ,module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
 ) 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Print
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Register
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Roi
+import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
 import Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
 import Hledger.Cli.Utils (tests_Cli_Utils)
@@ -126,6 +128,7 @@ builtinCommands = [
   ,(registermode           , register)
   ,(rewritemode            , rewrite)
   ,(roimode                , roi)
+  ,(runmode                , run')
   ,(statsmode              , stats)
   ,(tagsmode               , tags)
   ,(testmode               , testcmd)
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ commandsList progversion othercmds =
   ," balance (bal)            show balance changes, end balances, gains, budgets.."
   ,"+lots                     show a commodity's lots"                               -- hledger-lots
   ," roi                      show return on investments"
+  ," run                      run multiple commands from a file (EXPERIMENTAL)"
   ,""
     -----------------------------------------80-------------------------------------
   ,bold' "CHARTS (bar charts, line graphs..)"
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f34cf1b65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+{-|
+
+The @run@ command allows you to run multiple commands via REPL or from the supplied file(s).
+
+-}
+
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiWayIf #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run (
+  runmode
+ ,run
+ ,run'
+) where
+
+import qualified Data.Text as T
+import qualified Data.Text.IO as T
+import System.Console.CmdArgs.Explicit as C ( Mode )
+import Hledger
+import Hledger.Cli.CliOptions
+
+import Control.Monad (forM_)
+import Control.Monad.IO.Class (liftIO)
+import Control.Monad.Extra (concatMapM)
+
+import System.Directory (doesFileExist)
+import System.Console.Haskeline
+
+import Safe (headMay)
+
+-- | Command line options for this command.
+runmode = hledgerCommandMode
+  $(embedFileRelative "Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt")
+  (
+  []
+  )
+  cligeneralflagsgroups1
+  hiddenflags
+  ([], Just $ argsFlag "[COMMANDS_FILE1 COMMANDS_FILE2 ...]")
+
+-- | The fake run command introduced to break circular dependency
+run' :: CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
+run' _opts _j = return ()
+
+-- | The actual run command.
+run :: (String -> Maybe (Mode RawOpts, CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ())) -> CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ()
+run findBuiltinCommand CliOpts{rawopts_=rawopts} j = do
+  let args = dbg1 "args" $ listofstringopt "args" rawopts
+  case args of
+    [] -> runREPL findBuiltinCommand j
+    maybeFile:_ -> do
+      -- Check if arguments could be interpreted as files.
+      -- If not, assume that they are files
+      isFile <- doesFileExist maybeFile
+      case isFile of
+        True  -> runFromFiles findBuiltinCommand args j
+        False -> runFromArgs  findBuiltinCommand args j
+
+runFromFiles :: (String -> Maybe (Mode RawOpts, CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ())) -> [String] -> Journal -> IO ()
+runFromFiles findBuiltinCommand inputfiles j = do
+  dbg1IO "inputfiles" inputfiles
+  -- read commands from all the inputfiles
+  commands <- (flip concatMapM) inputfiles $ \f -> do
+    dbg1IO "reading commands" f
+    lines . T.unpack <$> T.readFile f
+
+  forM_ commands (runCommand findBuiltinCommand j . parseCommand)
+
+runFromArgs :: (String -> Maybe (Mode RawOpts, CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ())) -> [String] -> Journal -> IO ()
+runFromArgs findBuiltinCommand args j = do
+  -- read commands from all the inputfiles
+  let commands = dbg1 "commands from args" $ splitAtElement "--" args
+  forM_ commands (runCommand findBuiltinCommand j)
+
+-- When commands are passed on the command line, shell will parse them for us
+-- When commands are read from file, we need to split the line into command and arguments
+parseCommand :: String -> [String]
+parseCommand line =
+  -- # begins a comment, ignore everything after #
+  takeWhile (not. ((Just '#')==) . headMay) $  words' (strip line)
+
+runCommand :: (String -> Maybe (Mode RawOpts, CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ())) -> Journal -> [String] -> IO ()
+runCommand findBuiltinCommand j cmdline = do
+  dbg1IO "running command" cmdline
+  -- # begins a comment, ignore everything after #
+  case cmdline of
+    "echo":args -> putStrLn $ unwords $ args
+    cmdname:args ->
+      case findBuiltinCommand cmdname of
+      Nothing -> putStrLn $ unwords (cmdname:args)
+      Just (cmdmode,cmdaction) -> do
+        opts <- getHledgerCliOpts' cmdmode args
+        cmdaction opts j
+    [] -> return ()
+
+runREPL :: (String -> Maybe (Mode RawOpts, CliOpts -> Journal -> IO ())) -> Journal -> IO ()
+runREPL findBuiltinCommand j = do
+  putStrLn "Enter hledger commands, or 'help' for help."
+  runInputT defaultSettings loop
+  where
+  loop :: InputT IO ()
+  loop = do
+    minput <- getInputLine "% "
+    case minput of
+      Nothing -> return ()
+      Just "quit" -> return ()
+      Just "exit" -> return ()
+      Just input -> do
+        liftIO $ runCommand findBuiltinCommand j $ parseCommand input
+        loop
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3bce630ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.md
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+## run 
+
+Runs a sequence of hledger commands on the same input file(s), either interactively or as a script.
+
+This command is EXPERIMENTAL and syntax could change in the future.
+
+```flags
+Flags:
+no command-specific flags
+```
+
+The commands will run more quickly than if run individually, because the input files would be parsed only once.
+
+"run" has three ways of invocation:
+- when invoked without arguments, it start a read-eval-print loop (REPL) where you can enter commands interactively. To exit REPL, use "exit" or "quit", or send EOF.
+
+- when file names are given to "run", it will read commands from these files, in order.
+
+- lastly, commands could be specified directly on the command line. All commands (including the very first one) should be preceded by argument "--"
+
+Syntax of the commands (either in the file, or in REPL) is intentionally simple:
+- each line is a single hledger command
+- lines that can't be interpreted as hledger commands are printed out as-is
+- empty lines are skipped
+- everything after `#` is considered to be a comment and will be ignored, and will not be printed out
+- `echo <text>` will print out text, even if it could be recognized as a hledger command 
+
+You can use single quotes or double quotes to quote aguments that need quoting.
+
+You can use `#!/usr/bin/env hledger run` in the first line of the file to make it a runnable script. If this complains about "binary `hledger run` not found", use `/usr/bin/env -S hledger run`.
+
+### Caveats:
+
+- If you meant to provide file name as an argument, but made a mistake and a gave file name that does not exist, "run" will attempt to interpret it as a command.
+
+- Numeric flags like `-3` do not work, use long form `--depth 3`
+
+### Examples:
+
+To start the REPL:
+```cli
+hledger run
+```
+
+To provide commands on the command line, separate them with `--`:
+```cli
+hledger run -f some.journal -- balance assets --depth 2 -- balance liabilities --depth 3 --transpose
+```
+
+To provide commands in the file, as a runnable scripts:
+```cli
+#!/usr/bin/env -S hledger run
+echo "List of accounts"
+accounts
+
+echo "Assets"
+balance assets --depth 2
+
+echo "Liabilities"
+balance liabilities --depth 3 --transpose
+```
+
diff --git a/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23d9c088f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hledger/Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+run
+
+Runs a sequence of hledger commands on the same input file(s), either
+interactively or as a script.
+
+This command is EXPERIMENTAL and syntax could change in the future.
+
+Flags:
+no command-specific flags
+
+The commands will run more quickly than if run individually, because the
+input files would be parsed only once.
+
+"run" has three ways of invocation: - when invoked without arguments, it
+start a read-eval-print loop (REPL) where you can enter commands
+interactively. To exit REPL, use "exit" or "quit", or send EOF.
+
+-   when file names are given to "run", it will read commands from these
+    files, in order.
+
+-   lastly, commands could be specified directly on the command line.
+    All commands (including the very first one) should be preceded by
+    argument "--"
+
+Syntax of the commands (either in the file, or in REPL) is intentionally
+simple: - each line is a single hledger command - lines that can't be
+interpreted as hledger commands are printed out as-is - empty lines are
+skipped - everything after # is considered to be a comment and will be
+ignored, and will not be printed out - echo <text> will print out text,
+even if it could be recognized as a hledger command
+
+You can use single quotes or double quotes to quote aguments that need
+quoting.
+
+You can use #!/usr/bin/env hledger run in the first line of the file to
+make it a runnable script. If this complains about "binary hledger run
+not found", use /usr/bin/env -S hledger run.
+
+Caveats:
+
+-   If you meant to provide file name as an argument, but made a mistake
+    and a gave file name that does not exist, "run" will attempt to
+    interpret it as a command.
+
+-   Numeric flags like -3 do not work, use long form --depth 3
+
+Examples:
+
+To start the REPL:
+
+hledger run
+
+To provide commands on the command line, separate them with --:
+
+hledger run -f some.journal -- balance assets --depth 2 -- balance liabilities --depth 3 --transpose
+
+To provide commands in the file, as a runnable scripts:
+
+#!/usr/bin/env -S hledger run
+echo "List of accounts"
+accounts
+
+echo "Assets"
+balance assets --depth 2
+
+echo "Liabilities"
+balance liabilities --depth 3 --transpose
diff --git a/hledger/hledger.cabal b/hledger/hledger.cabal
index d51c9b02f..5d027ec80 100644
--- a/hledger/hledger.cabal
+++ b/hledger/hledger.cabal
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ extra-source-files:
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Register.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Rewrite.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Roi.txt
+    Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Tags.txt
     Hledger/Cli/Commands/Test.txt
@@ -140,6 +141,7 @@ library
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Register
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Roi
+      Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
       Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
       Hledger.Cli.CompoundBalanceCommand
diff --git a/hledger/package.yaml b/hledger/package.yaml
index 585528ec9..2c877f34f 100644
--- a/hledger/package.yaml
+++ b/hledger/package.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ extra-source-files:
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Register.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Rewrite.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Roi.txt
+- Hledger/Cli/Commands/Run.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Stats.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Tags.txt
 - Hledger/Cli/Commands/Test.txt
@@ -201,6 +202,7 @@ library:
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Register
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Rewrite
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Roi
+  - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Run
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Stats
   - Hledger.Cli.Commands.Tags
   - Hledger.Cli.CompoundBalanceCommand