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;doc: areg: more advice on account-matching

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Simon Michael 2023-01-25 11:19:03 -10:00
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@ -20,8 +20,12 @@ As a quick rule of thumb:
`aregister` requires one argument: the account to report on.
You can write either the full account name, or a case-insensitive regular expression
which will select the alphabetically first matched account.
(Eg if you have `assets:aaa:checking` and `assets:bbb:checking` accounts,
`hledger areg checking` would select `assets:aaa:checking`.)
When there are multiple matches, the alphabetically-first choice can be surprising;
eg if you have `assets:per:checking 1` and `assets:biz:checking 2` accounts,
`hledger areg checking` would select `assets:biz:checking 2`.
It's just a convenience to save typing, so if in doubt, write the full account name,
or a distinctive substring that matches uniquely.
Transactions involving subaccounts of this account will also be shown.
`aregister` ignores depth limits, so its final total will always match