diff --git a/kerchunk/cli/__init__.py b/kerchunk/cli/__init__.py
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diff --git a/kerchunk/cli/chunk_nc.py b/kerchunk/cli/chunk_nc.py
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+++ b/kerchunk/cli/chunk_nc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+import json
+import logging
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import List
+
+import click
+import fsspec
+from fsspec.core import url_to_fs
+
+from kerchunk.hdf import SingleHdf5ToZarr
+from kerchunk.combine import MultiZarrToZarr
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("kercli")
+
+
+class NetcdfChunker:
+    dataset_name: str = "mydataset"
+    input: List[str]
+    input_format: str = "nc"
+    input_fs_args: dict = {}
+    json_dir: Path = Path("json")
+    zarr_output: Path = Path("zarr")
+    force_scan: bool = False
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.__dict__.update(**kwargs)
+        self.json_dir = Path(self.json_dir)
+        self.zarr_output = Path(self.zarr_output)
+
+    @property
+    def json_dataset_dir(self) -> Path:
+        fp = self.json_dir / self.dataset_name
+        if not fp.exists(): fp.mkdir(parents=True)
+        return fp
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.get_uri_list()
+        self.scan_them_all()
+        self.consolidate()
+
+    def get_uri_list(self) -> List[str]:
+        _uri_list = []
+        for fs_glob in self.input:
+            fs, _ = url_to_fs(fs_glob)
+            for input_uri in fs.glob(fs_glob):
+                _uri_list.append(input_uri)
+        _uri_list = list(set(_uri_list))
+        return sorted(_uri_list)
+
+    def scan_them_all(self):
+        # Scan all input file
+        for fp in self.get_uri_list():
+            fp_json = self.json_dataset_dir / Path(fp).parent.as_posix() / Path(fp).with_suffix(".json").name
+            fp_json.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+            if fp_json.exists() and not self.force_scan:
+                logger.info(f"Scanning {fp} : {fp_json} already exists, skipping")
+                continue
+
+            logger.info(f"Scanning {fp} ...")
+            with fsspec.open(fp, **self.input_fs_args) as fd:
+                try:
+                    h5chunk = SingleHdf5ToZarr(fd, fp, inline_threshold=100)
+                    json_data = h5chunk.translate()
+                except OSError as e:
+                    logger.error(str(e))
+                    continue
+
+            logger.info(f"Saving to {fp_json}")
+            with fp_json.open("w") as fd:
+                json.dump(json_data, fd, indent=2)
+
+    def consolidate(self):
+        fp_json_list = [str(fp) for fp in self.json_dataset_dir.glob("**/*.json")]
+        logger.info(f"Data loaded from {self.json_dataset_dir} : {len(fp_json_list)} found")
+        mzz = MultiZarrToZarr(
+            fp_json_list,
+            concat_dims=["analysis_time", "step"]
+        )
+
+        fp_zarr = self.zarr_output / f"{self.dataset_name}.zarr"
+        logger.info(f"Consolidating to {fp_zarr} ...")
+        mzz.translate(filename=str(fp_zarr))
+
+
+def str_to_json(ctx, param, value):
+    if value and not isinstance(value, dict):
+        value = json.loads(value)
+    return value
+
+@click.command()
+@click.option("--dataset-name", help="Dataset name", default="mydataset", show_default=True)
+@click.option("--input", "-i",
+              help="Input file url, readable by fsspec", required=True,
+              multiple=True)
+@click.option("--input-format", default="nc")
+@click.option("--input-fs-args", help="Arguments that will be passed to fsspec.open()",
+              type=click.UNPROCESSED, callback=str_to_json, default={}, show_default=True)
+@click.option("--json-dir", help="Where to store scan output as json", default=Path("json"))
+@click.option("--zarr-output", help="Output of fully merged kerchunk zarr file", default=Path("zarr"))
+@click.option("--force-scan",
+              help="Force scanning input file, even if json file exists",
+              is_flag=True, default=False)
+@click.option('--verbose', '-v', is_flag=True)
+def cli(verbose: bool, **kwargs):
+    """ Cli for ker-chunking local or remote NetCDF files"""
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    if verbose:
+        # Show what's going on with fsspec
+        _logger = logging.getLogger("fsspec")
+        _logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
+    c = NetcdfChunker(**kwargs)
+    c.run()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cli()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1a0e1b86..7b26c4f3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ numcodecs
 numpy
 ujson
 zarr
+click
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a29c3fa1..b26048c4 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
             "FITSVarBintable = kerchunk.codecs:VarArrCodec",
             "record_member = kerchunk.codecs.RecordArrayMember",
         ],
+        'console_scripts': [
+            'kerchunk-nc = kerchunk.cli.chunk_nc:cli',
+        ],
     },
     zip_safe=False,
 )