diff --git a/kettext.pl b/kettext.pl
index 4c46ac4..216fceb 100755
--- a/kettext.pl
+++ b/kettext.pl
@@ -2,24 +2,65 @@
 require kettext;
 # arg check / usage
 if ($#ARGV+1 == 0) {
-    printf "Usage: kettext.pl file_name.ktx\n";
+    showUsage();
     exit;
 }
+my @files;
 my $file_name;
+my $output = 0;
+my $output_file;
+my $converter = "HTML";
 my %cmd_settings = ();
 for (my $arg_i = 0; $arg_i < $#ARGV+1; $arg_i++) {
   if ($ARGV[$arg_i] =~ m/^-(-|)(.*)/) {
     if ($2 =~ m/^(h(elp|))$/) {
-      printf "Usage: kettext.pl file_name.ktx\n";
+      showUsage();
       exit;
+    } elsif ($2 =~ m/^(o(ut|utput|))$/) {
+      $output = 1;
+    } elsif ($2 =~ m/^(convert(To|))=(.*)$/) {
+      $converter = $3;
     } else {
       if ($2 =~ m/^(.[^\=]*)(\=|)(.*|)/) {
         $cmd_settings{$1} = (length($3) ? $3 : 1);
       }
     }
   } else {
-    $file_name = $ARGV[$arg_i];
+    if ($output == 1) {
+      $output_file = $ARGV[$arg_i];
+      $output = 2;
+    } else {
+      push @files, $ARGV[$arg_i];
+      $file_name = $ARGV[$arg_i];
+    }
   }
 }
-my %parsed_file = kettext::parseFile($file_name, \%cmd_settings);
-kettext::convertTo::HTML(%parsed_file);
+if ($output > 0) {
+  if (!$output_file) {
+    print "No output file specified!\n";
+    exit 1;
+  } else {
+    open STDOUT, '>', $output_file;
+  }
+}
+if (my $sub_ref = kettext::convertTo->can($converter)) {
+  foreach (@files) {
+    my %parsed_file = kettext::parseFile($_, \%cmd_settings);
+    $sub_ref->(%parsed_file);
+  }
+} else {
+  print "Converter \"$converter\" could not be found!\n";
+  exit 2;
+}
+
+sub showUsage {
+  print "Usage: kettext.pl *.ktx [options]\n";
+  print "	--help\n";
+  print "		show this help screen\n";
+  print "	--group.setting\n";
+  print "		set parse/convert setting (e.g., \"--header.numbering\")\n";
+  print "	--convert, --convertTo=OUTPUT\n";
+  print "		sets the output converter. Default: HTML\n";
+  print "	--o, --out, --output filename\n";
+  print "		sets the output file. Default: stdout\n";
+}