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@ -881,9 +881,7 @@ Anywhere it matches inside an account name, the matched part will be
replaced by REPLACEMENT.
If REGEX contains parenthesised match groups, these can be referenced by
the usual numeric backreferences in REPLACEMENT.
Note, currently regular expression aliases may cause noticeable
slow\-downs.
(And if you use Ledger on your hledger file, they will be ignored.) Eg:
Eg:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
@ -891,6 +889,9 @@ alias\ /^(.+):bank:([^:]+)(.*)/\ =\ \\1:\\2\ \\3
#\ rewrites\ "assets:bank:wells\ fargo:checking"\ to\ \ "assets:wells\ fargo\ checking"
\f[]
.fi
.PP
Also note that REPLACEMENT continues to the end of line (or on command
line, to end of option argument), so it can contain trailing whitespace.
.SS Multiple aliases
.PP
You can define as many aliases as you like using directives or

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@ -841,13 +841,15 @@ alias /REGEX/ = REPLACEMENT
REGEX is a case-insensitive regular expression. Anywhere it matches
inside an account name, the matched part will be replaced by
REPLACEMENT. If REGEX contains parenthesised match groups, these can be
referenced by the usual numeric backreferences in REPLACEMENT. Note,
currently regular expression aliases may cause noticeable slow-downs.
(And if you use Ledger on your hledger file, they will be ignored.) Eg:
referenced by the usual numeric backreferences in REPLACEMENT. Eg:
alias /^(.+):bank:([^:]+)(.*)/ = \1:\2 \3
# rewrites "assets:bank:wells fargo:checking" to "assets:wells fargo checking"
Also note that REPLACEMENT continues to the end of line (or on
command line, to end of option argument), so it can contain trailing
whitespace.

File: hledger_journal.5.info, Node: Multiple aliases, Next: end aliases, Prev: Regex aliases, Up: Account aliases
@ -1121,25 +1123,25 @@ Node: Basic aliases29122
Ref: #basic-aliases29267
Node: Regex aliases29957
Ref: #regex-aliases30127
Node: Multiple aliases30842
Ref: #multiple-aliases31016
Node: end aliases31514
Ref: #end-aliases31656
Node: account directive31757
Ref: #account-directive31939
Node: apply account directive32235
Ref: #apply-account-directive32433
Node: Multi-line comments33092
Ref: #multi-line-comments33284
Node: commodity directive33412
Ref: #commodity-directive33598
Node: Default commodity34470
Ref: #default-commodity34645
Node: Default year35182
Ref: #default-year35349
Node: Including other files35772
Ref: #including-other-files35931
Node: EDITOR SUPPORT36328
Ref: #editor-support36448
Node: Multiple aliases30845
Ref: #multiple-aliases31019
Node: end aliases31517
Ref: #end-aliases31659
Node: account directive31760
Ref: #account-directive31942
Node: apply account directive32238
Ref: #apply-account-directive32436
Node: Multi-line comments33095
Ref: #multi-line-comments33287
Node: commodity directive33415
Ref: #commodity-directive33601
Node: Default commodity34473
Ref: #default-commodity34648
Node: Default year35185
Ref: #default-year35352
Node: Including other files35775
Ref: #including-other-files35934
Node: EDITOR SUPPORT36331
Ref: #editor-support36451

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@ -643,34 +643,36 @@ FILE FORMAT
REGEX is a case-insensitive regular expression. Anywhere it matches
inside an account name, the matched part will be replaced by REPLACE-
MENT. If REGEX contains parenthesised match groups, these can be ref-
erenced by the usual numeric backreferences in REPLACEMENT. Note, cur-
rently regular expression aliases may cause noticeable slow-downs.
(And if you use Ledger on your hledger file, they will be ignored.) Eg:
erenced by the usual numeric backreferences in REPLACEMENT. Eg:
alias /^(.+):bank:([^:]+)(.*)/ = \1:\2 \3
# rewrites "assets:bank:wells fargo:checking" to "assets:wells fargo checking"
Also note that REPLACEMENT continues to the end of line (or on command
line, to end of option argument), so it can contain trailing white-
space.
Multiple aliases
You can define as many aliases as you like using directives or com-
mand-line options. Aliases are recursive - each alias sees the result
of applying previous ones. (This is different from Ledger, where
You can define as many aliases as you like using directives or com-
mand-line options. Aliases are recursive - each alias sees the result
of applying previous ones. (This is different from Ledger, where
aliases are non-recursive by default). Aliases are applied in the fol-
lowing order:
1. alias directives, most recently seen first (recent directives take
1. alias directives, most recently seen first (recent directives take
precedence over earlier ones; directives not yet seen are ignored)
2. alias options, in the order they appear on the command line
end aliases
You can clear (forget) all currently defined aliases with the
You can clear (forget) all currently defined aliases with the
end aliases directive:
end aliases
account directive
The account directive predefines account names, as in Ledger and Bean-
count. This may be useful for your own documentation; hledger doesn't
The account directive predefines account names, as in Ledger and Bean-
count. This may be useful for your own documentation; hledger doesn't
make use of it yet.
; account ACCT
@ -685,8 +687,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
; etc.
apply account directive
You can specify a parent account which will be prepended to all
accounts within a section of the journal. Use the apply account and
You can specify a parent account which will be prepended to all
accounts within a section of the journal. Use the apply account and
end apply account directives like so:
apply account home
@ -703,7 +705,7 @@ FILE FORMAT
home:food $10
home:cash $-10
If end apply account is omitted, the effect lasts to the end of the
If end apply account is omitted, the effect lasts to the end of the
file. Included files are also affected, eg:
apply account business
@ -712,16 +714,16 @@ FILE FORMAT
apply account personal
include personal.journal
Prior to hledger 1.0, legacy account and end spellings were also sup-
Prior to hledger 1.0, legacy account and end spellings were also sup-
ported.
Multi-line comments
A line containing just comment starts a multi-line comment, and a line
A line containing just comment starts a multi-line comment, and a line
containing just end comment ends it. See comments.
commodity directive
The commodity directive predefines commodities (currently this is just
informational), and also it may define the display format for amounts
The commodity directive predefines commodities (currently this is just
informational), and also it may define the display format for amounts
in this commodity (overriding the automatically inferred format).
It may be written on a single line, like this:
@ -733,8 +735,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
; separating thousands with comma.
commodity 1,000.0000 AAAA
or on multiple lines, using the "format" subdirective. In this case
the commodity symbol appears twice and should be the same in both
or on multiple lines, using the "format" subdirective. In this case
the commodity symbol appears twice and should be the same in both
places:
; commodity SYMBOL
@ -747,10 +749,10 @@ FILE FORMAT
format INR 9,99,99,999.00
Default commodity
The D directive sets a default commodity (and display format), to be
The D directive sets a default commodity (and display format), to be
used for amounts without a commodity symbol (ie, plain numbers). (Note
this differs from Ledger's default commodity directive.) The commodity
and display format will be applied to all subsequent commodity-less
this differs from Ledger's default commodity directive.) The commodity
and display format will be applied to all subsequent commodity-less
amounts, or until the next D directive.
# commodity-less amounts should be treated as dollars
@ -762,8 +764,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
b
Default year
You can set a default year to be used for subsequent dates which don't
specify a year. This is a line beginning with Y followed by the year.
You can set a default year to be used for subsequent dates which don't
specify a year. This is a line beginning with Y followed by the year.
Eg:
Y2009 ; set default year to 2009
@ -783,24 +785,24 @@ FILE FORMAT
assets
Including other files
You can pull in the content of additional journal files by writing an
You can pull in the content of additional journal files by writing an
include directive, like this:
include path/to/file.journal
If the path does not begin with a slash, it is relative to the current
If the path does not begin with a slash, it is relative to the current
file. Glob patterns (*) are not currently supported.
The include directive can only be used in journal files. It can
The include directive can only be used in journal files. It can
include journal, timeclock or timedot files, but not CSV files.
EDITOR SUPPORT
Add-on modes exist for various text editors, to make working with jour-
nal files easier. They add colour, navigation aids and helpful com-
mands. For hledger users who edit the journal file directly (the
nal files easier. They add colour, navigation aids and helpful com-
mands. For hledger users who edit the journal file directly (the
majority), using one of these modes is quite recommended.
These were written with Ledger in mind, but also work with hledger
These were written with Ledger in mind, but also work with hledger
files:
@ -813,13 +815,15 @@ EDITOR SUPPORT
Mate-2
Text Wrangler https://github.com/ledger/ledger/wiki/Edit-
ing-Ledger-files-with-TextWrangler
Visual Studio https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?item-
Code Name=mark-hansen.hledger-vscode
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
or hledger mail list)
@ -833,7 +837,7 @@ COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
dot(5), ledger(1)

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@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ Show a balance sheet. Alias: bs.
: in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
`--sort-amount`
: Sort by amount (total row amount, or by average if that is displayed), instead of account name (in flat mode)
: sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple [balance
sheet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balance_sheet). It currently assumes that
@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ Show a cashflow statement. Alias: cf.
: in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
`--sort-amount`
: Sort by amount (total row amount, or by average if that is displayed), instead of account name (in flat mode)
: sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple
[cashflow statement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash_flow_statement)
@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ Show an income statement. Alias: is.
: in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
`--sort-amount`
: Sort by amount (total row amount, or by average if that is displayed), instead of account name (in flat mode)
: sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple
[income statement](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_statement). It

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@ -1352,6 +1352,12 @@ A file extension matching one of the above formats selects that format.
Use unicode to display prettier tables.
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-sort\-amount\f[]
Sort by amount (total row amount, or by average if that is displayed),
instead of account name (in flat mode)
.RS
.RE
.PP
The balance command displays accounts and balances.
It is hledger\[aq]s most featureful and versatile command.
@ -1730,6 +1736,11 @@ don\[aq]t squash boring parent accounts (in tree mode)
in single\-column balance reports: use this custom line format
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-sort\-amount\f[]
sort by amount instead of account name
.RS
.RE
.PP
This command displays a simple balance sheet.
It currently assumes that you have top\-level accounts named
@ -1869,6 +1880,11 @@ don\[aq]t squash boring parent accounts (in tree mode)
in single\-column balance reports: use this custom line format
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-sort\-amount\f[]
sort by amount instead of account name
.RS
.RE
.PP
This command displays a simple cashflow statement It shows the change in
all "cash" (ie, liquid assets) accounts for the period.
@ -2033,6 +2049,11 @@ don\[aq]t squash boring parent accounts (in tree mode)
in single\-column balance reports: use this custom line format
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-sort\-amount\f[]
sort by amount instead of account name
.RS
.RE
.PP
This command displays a simple income statement.
It currently assumes that you have top\-level accounts named

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@ -1022,6 +1022,10 @@ Show accounts and their balances. Aliases: b, bal.
'--pretty-tables'
Use unicode to display prettier tables.
'--sort-amount'
Sort by amount (total row amount, or by average if that is
displayed), instead of account name (in flat mode)
The balance command displays accounts and balances. It is hledger's
most featureful and versatile command.
@ -1354,6 +1358,9 @@ Show a balance sheet. Alias: bs.
'--format=LINEFORMAT'
in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
'--sort-amount'
sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple balance sheet. It currently assumes
that you have top-level accounts named 'asset' and 'liability' (plural
@ -1469,6 +1476,9 @@ Show a cashflow statement. Alias: cf.
'--format=LINEFORMAT'
in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
'--sort-amount'
sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple cashflow statement It shows the change
in all "cash" (ie, liquid assets) accounts for the period. It currently
@ -1624,6 +1634,9 @@ Show an income statement. Alias: is.
'--format=LINEFORMAT'
in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
'--sort-amount'
sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple income statement. It currently
assumes that you have top-level accounts named 'income' (or 'revenue')
@ -2224,87 +2237,87 @@ Node: add28403
Ref: #add28504
Node: balance31162
Ref: #balance31275
Node: Flat mode34295
Ref: #flat-mode34422
Node: Depth limited balance reports34842
Ref: #depth-limited-balance-reports35045
Node: Multicolumn balance reports35465
Ref: #multicolumn-balance-reports35676
Node: Custom balance output40324
Ref: #custom-balance-output40508
Node: Colour support42601
Ref: #colour-support42762
Node: Output destination42935
Ref: #output-destination43093
Node: CSV output43363
Ref: #csv-output43482
Node: balancesheet43879
Ref: #balancesheet44017
Node: balancesheetequity45924
Ref: #balancesheetequity46075
Node: cashflow46864
Ref: #cashflow46994
Node: check-dates48845
Ref: #check-dates48974
Node: check-dupes49091
Ref: #check-dupes49218
Node: equity49355
Ref: #equity49467
Node: help49630
Ref: #help49733
Node: import50807
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Node: incomestatement51318
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Node: prices53346
Ref: #prices53463
Node: print53506
Ref: #print53618
Node: print-unique58464
Ref: #print-unique58592
Node: register58660
Ref: #register58789
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Ref: #rewrite65156
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@ -917,7 +917,11 @@ COMMANDS
--pretty-tables
Use unicode to display prettier tables.
The balance command displays accounts and balances. It is hledger's
--sort-amount
Sort by amount (total row amount, or by average if that is dis-
played), instead of account name (in flat mode)
The balance command displays accounts and balances. It is hledger's
most featureful and versatile command.
$ hledger balance
@ -934,25 +938,25 @@ COMMANDS
--------------------
0
More precisely, the balance command shows the change to each account's
More precisely, the balance command shows the change to each account's
balance caused by all (matched) postings. In the common case where you
do not filter by date and your journal sets the correct opening bal-
do not filter by date and your journal sets the correct opening bal-
ances, this is the same as the account's ending balance.
By default, accounts are displayed hierarchically, with subaccounts
By default, accounts are displayed hierarchically, with subaccounts
indented below their parent. "Boring" accounts, which contain a single
interesting subaccount and no balance of their own, are elided into the
following line for more compact output. (Use --no-elide to prevent
this. Eliding of boring accounts is not yet supported in multicolumn
following line for more compact output. (Use --no-elide to prevent
this. Eliding of boring accounts is not yet supported in multicolumn
reports.)
Each account's balance is the "inclusive" balance - it includes the
Each account's balance is the "inclusive" balance - it includes the
balances of any subaccounts.
Accounts which have zero balance (and no non-zero subaccounts) are
Accounts which have zero balance (and no non-zero subaccounts) are
omitted. Use -E/--empty to show them.
A final total is displayed by default; use -N/--no-total to suppress
A final total is displayed by default; use -N/--no-total to suppress
it:
$ hledger balance -p 2008/6 expenses --no-total
@ -962,9 +966,9 @@ COMMANDS
Flat mode
To see a flat list of full account names instead of the default hierar-
chical display, use --flat. In this mode, accounts (unless
chical display, use --flat. In this mode, accounts (unless
depth-clipped) show their "exclusive" balance, excluding any subaccount
balances. In this mode, you can also use --drop N to omit the first
balances. In this mode, you can also use --drop N to omit the first
few account name components.
$ hledger balance -p 2008/6 expenses -N --flat --drop 1
@ -972,9 +976,9 @@ COMMANDS
$1 supplies
Depth limited balance reports
With --depth N, balance shows accounts only to the specified depth.
This is very useful to show a complex charts of accounts in less
detail. In flat mode, balances from accounts below the depth limit
With --depth N, balance shows accounts only to the specified depth.
This is very useful to show a complex charts of accounts in less
detail. In flat mode, balances from accounts below the depth limit
will be shown as part of a parent account at the depth limit.
$ hledger balance -N --depth 1
@ -984,12 +988,12 @@ COMMANDS
$1 liabilities
Multicolumn balance reports
With a reporting interval, multiple balance columns will be shown, one
for each report period. There are three types of multi-column balance
With a reporting interval, multiple balance columns will be shown, one
for each report period. There are three types of multi-column balance
report, showing different information:
1. By default: each column shows the sum of postings in that period, ie
the account's change of balance in that period. This is useful eg
the account's change of balance in that period. This is useful eg
for a monthly income statement:
$ hledger balance --quarterly income expenses -E
@ -1004,8 +1008,8 @@ COMMANDS
-------------------++---------------------------------
|| $-1 $1 0 0
2. With --cumulative: each column shows the ending balance for that
period, accumulating the changes across periods, starting from 0 at
2. With --cumulative: each column shows the ending balance for that
period, accumulating the changes across periods, starting from 0 at
the report start date:
$ hledger balance --quarterly income expenses -E --cumulative
@ -1021,8 +1025,8 @@ COMMANDS
|| $-1 0 0 0
3. With --historical/-H: each column shows the actual historical ending
balance for that period, accumulating the changes across periods,
starting from the actual balance at the report start date. This is
balance for that period, accumulating the changes across periods,
starting from the actual balance at the report start date. This is
useful eg for a multi-period balance sheet, and when you are showing
only the data after a certain start date:
@ -1038,26 +1042,26 @@ COMMANDS
----------------------++-------------------------------------
|| 0 0 0
Multi-column balance reports display accounts in flat mode by default;
Multi-column balance reports display accounts in flat mode by default;
to see the hierarchy, use --tree.
With a reporting interval (like --quarterly above), the report
start/end dates will be adjusted if necessary so that they encompass
With a reporting interval (like --quarterly above), the report
start/end dates will be adjusted if necessary so that they encompass
the displayed report periods. This is so that the first and last peri-
ods will be "full" and comparable to the others.
The -E/--empty flag does two things in multicolumn balance reports:
first, the report will show all columns within the specified report
period (without -E, leading and trailing columns with all zeroes are
not shown). Second, all accounts which existed at the report start
date will be considered, not just the ones with activity during the
The -E/--empty flag does two things in multicolumn balance reports:
first, the report will show all columns within the specified report
period (without -E, leading and trailing columns with all zeroes are
not shown). Second, all accounts which existed at the report start
date will be considered, not just the ones with activity during the
report period (use -E to include low-activity accounts which would oth-
erwise would be omitted).
The -T/--row-total flag adds an additional column showing the total for
each row.
The -A/--average flag adds a column showing the average value in each
The -A/--average flag adds a column showing the average value in each
row.
Here's an example of all three:
@ -1079,7 +1083,7 @@ COMMANDS
# Average is rounded to the dollar here since all journal amounts are
Custom balance output
In simple (non-multi-column) balance reports, you can customise the
In simple (non-multi-column) balance reports, you can customise the
output with --format FMT:
$ hledger balance --format "%20(account) %12(total)"
@ -1097,7 +1101,7 @@ COMMANDS
0
The FMT format string (plus a newline) specifies the formatting applied
to each account/balance pair. It may contain any suitable text, with
to each account/balance pair. It may contain any suitable text, with
data fields interpolated like so:
%[MIN][.MAX](FIELDNAME)
@ -1108,14 +1112,14 @@ COMMANDS
o FIELDNAME must be enclosed in parentheses, and can be one of:
o depth_spacer - a number of spaces equal to the account's depth, or
o depth_spacer - a number of spaces equal to the account's depth, or
if MIN is specified, MIN * depth spaces.
o account - the account's name
o total - the account's balance/posted total, right justified
Also, FMT can begin with an optional prefix to control how multi-com-
Also, FMT can begin with an optional prefix to control how multi-com-
modity amounts are rendered:
o %_ - render on multiple lines, bottom-aligned (the default)
@ -1124,7 +1128,7 @@ COMMANDS
o %, - render on one line, comma-separated
There are some quirks. Eg in one-line mode, %(depth_spacer) has no
There are some quirks. Eg in one-line mode, %(depth_spacer) has no
effect, instead %(account) has indentation built in.
Experimentation may be needed to get pleasing results.
@ -1132,14 +1136,14 @@ COMMANDS
o %(total) - the account's total
o %-20.20(account) - the account's name, left justified, padded to 20
o %-20.20(account) - the account's name, left justified, padded to 20
characters and clipped at 20 characters
o %,%-50(account) %25(total) - account name padded to 50 characters,
total padded to 20 characters, with multiple commodities rendered on
o %,%-50(account) %25(total) - account name padded to 50 characters,
total padded to 20 characters, with multiple commodities rendered on
one line
o %20(total) %2(depth_spacer)%-(account) - the default format for the
o %20(total) %2(depth_spacer)%-(account) - the default format for the
single-column balance report
Colour support
@ -1150,8 +1154,8 @@ COMMANDS
o the output is not being redirected or piped anywhere
Output destination
The balance, print, register and stats commands can write their output
to a destination other than the console. This is controlled by the
The balance, print, register and stats commands can write their output
to a destination other than the console. This is controlled by the
-o/--output-file option.
$ hledger balance -o - # write to stdout (the default)
@ -1159,8 +1163,8 @@ COMMANDS
CSV output
The balance, print and register commands can write their output as CSV.
This is useful for exporting data to other applications, eg to make
charts in a spreadsheet. This is controlled by the -O/--output-format
This is useful for exporting data to other applications, eg to make
charts in a spreadsheet. This is controlled by the -O/--output-format
option, or by specifying a .csv file extension with -o/--output-file.
$ hledger balance -O csv # write CSV to stdout
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balances
--cumulative
show balance change accumulated across periods (in multicolumn
show balance change accumulated across periods (in multicolumn
reports), instead of historical ending balances
-H --historical
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--format=LINEFORMAT
in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
This command displays a simple balance sheet. It currently assumes
that you have top-level accounts named asset and liability (plural
--sort-amount
sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple balance sheet. It currently assumes
that you have top-level accounts named asset and liability (plural
forms also allowed.)
$ hledger balancesheet
@ -1229,19 +1236,19 @@ COMMANDS
0
With a reporting interval, multiple columns will be shown, one for each
report period. As with multicolumn balance reports, you can alter the
report mode with --change/--cumulative/--historical. Normally bal-
ancesheet shows historical ending balances, which is what you need for
report period. As with multicolumn balance reports, you can alter the
report mode with --change/--cumulative/--historical. Normally bal-
ancesheet shows historical ending balances, which is what you need for
a balance sheet; note this means it ignores report begin dates.
balancesheetequity
Show a balance sheet including equity. Alias: bse.
Other than showing the equity accounts, this command is exactly the
Other than showing the equity accounts, this command is exactly the
same as the command balancesheet. Please refer to it for the available
options.
This command displays a balancesheet. It currently assumes that you
This command displays a balancesheet. It currently assumes that you
have top-level accounts named asset, liability and equity (plural forms
also allowed.)
@ -1276,7 +1283,7 @@ COMMANDS
show balance change in each period (default)
--cumulative
show balance change accumulated across periods (in multicolumn
show balance change accumulated across periods (in multicolumn
reports), instead of changes during periods
-H --historical
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--format=LINEFORMAT
in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
This command displays a simple cashflow statement It shows the change
in all "cash" (ie, liquid assets) accounts for the period. It cur-
rently assumes that cash accounts are under a top-level account named
--sort-amount
sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple cashflow statement It shows the change
in all "cash" (ie, liquid assets) accounts for the period. It cur-
rently assumes that cash accounts are under a top-level account named
asset and do not contain receivable, :A/R or :fixed.
$ hledger cashflow
@ -1327,33 +1337,33 @@ COMMANDS
$-1
With a reporting interval, multiple columns will be shown, one for each
report period. Normally cashflow shows changes in assets per period,
though as with multicolumn balance reports you can alter the report
report period. Normally cashflow shows changes in assets per period,
though as with multicolumn balance reports you can alter the report
mode with --change/--cumulative/--historical.
check-dates
Check that transactions are sorted by increasing date. With a query,
Check that transactions are sorted by increasing date. With a query,
only matched transactions' dates are checked.
check-dupes
Report account names having the same leaf but different prefixes. An
Report account names having the same leaf but different prefixes. An
example: http://stefanorodighiero.net/software/hledger-dupes.html
equity
Print closing/opening transactions that bring some or all account bal-
ances to zero and back. Can be useful for bringing account balances
Print closing/opening transactions that bring some or all account bal-
ances to zero and back. Can be useful for bringing account balances
across file boundaries.
help
Show any of the hledger manuals.
The help command displays any of the main hledger manuals, in one of
several ways. Run it with no argument to list the manuals, or provide
The help command displays any of the main hledger manuals, in one of
several ways. Run it with no argument to list the manuals, or provide
a full or partial manual name to select one.
hledger manuals are available in several formats. hledger help will
use the first of these display methods that it finds: info, man,
$PAGER, less, stdout (or when non-interactive, just stdout). You can
hledger manuals are available in several formats. hledger help will
use the first of these display methods that it finds: info, man,
$PAGER, less, stdout (or when non-interactive, just stdout). You can
force a particular viewer with the --info, --man, --pager, --cat flags.
$ hledger help
@ -1377,17 +1387,17 @@ COMMANDS
...
import
Read new transactions added to each FILE since last run, and add them
Read new transactions added to each FILE since last run, and add them
to the main journal file.
--dry-run
just show the transactions to be imported
Input files are provided as arguments, or glob patterns. So eg to add
Input files are provided as arguments, or glob patterns. So eg to add
new transactions from all CSV files to the main journal: hledger import
*.csv
New transactions are detected like print --new (using .latest.FILE
New transactions are detected like print --new (using .latest.FILE
state files).
incomestatement
@ -1397,7 +1407,7 @@ COMMANDS
show balance change in each period (default)
--cumulative
show balance change accumulated across periods (in multicolumn
show balance change accumulated across periods (in multicolumn
reports), instead of changes during periods
-H --historical
@ -1428,8 +1438,11 @@ COMMANDS
--format=LINEFORMAT
in single-column balance reports: use this custom line format
This command displays a simple income statement. It currently assumes
that you have top-level accounts named income (or revenue) and expense
--sort-amount
sort by amount instead of account name
This command displays a simple income statement. It currently assumes
that you have top-level accounts named income (or revenue) and expense
(plural forms also allowed.)
$ hledger incomestatement
@ -1454,8 +1467,8 @@ COMMANDS
0
With a reporting interval, multiple columns will be shown, one for each
report period. Normally incomestatement shows revenues/expenses per
period, though as with multicolumn balance reports you can alter the
report period. Normally incomestatement shows revenues/expenses per
period, though as with multicolumn balance reports you can alter the
report mode with --change/--cumulative/--historical.
prices
@ -1465,7 +1478,7 @@ COMMANDS
Show transactions from the journal. Aliases: p, txns.
-m STR --match=STR
show the transaction whose description is most similar to STR,
show the transaction whose description is most similar to STR,
and is most recent
--new show only newer-dated transactions added in each file since last
@ -1478,7 +1491,7 @@ COMMANDS
select the output format. Supported formats: txt, csv.
-o FILE --output-file=FILE
write output to FILE. A file extension matching one of the
write output to FILE. A file extension matching one of the
above formats selects that format.
$ hledger print
@ -1509,39 +1522,39 @@ COMMANDS
it does not preserve directives or inter-transaction comments
Normally, the journal entry's explicit or implicit amount style is pre-
served. Ie when an amount is omitted in the journal, it will be omit-
ted in the output. You can use the -x/--explicit flag to make all
served. Ie when an amount is omitted in the journal, it will be omit-
ted in the output. You can use the -x/--explicit flag to make all
amounts explicit, which can be useful for troubleshooting or for making
your journal more readable and robust against data entry errors. Note,
-x will cause postings with a multi-commodity amount (these can arise
when a multi-commodity transaction has an implicit amount) will be
split into multiple single-commodity postings, for valid journal out-
-x will cause postings with a multi-commodity amount (these can arise
when a multi-commodity transaction has an implicit amount) will be
split into multiple single-commodity postings, for valid journal out-
put.
With -B/--cost, amounts with transaction prices are converted to cost
With -B/--cost, amounts with transaction prices are converted to cost
using that price.
With -m/--match and a STR argument, print will show at most one trans-
action: the one one whose description is most similar to STR, and is
most recent. STR should contain at least two characters. If there is
With -m/--match and a STR argument, print will show at most one trans-
action: the one one whose description is most similar to STR, and is
most recent. STR should contain at least two characters. If there is
no similar-enough match, no transaction will be shown.
With --new, for each FILE being read, hledger reads (and writes) a spe-
cial state file (.latest.FILE in the same directory), containing the
latest transaction date(s) that were seen last time FILE was read.
When this file is found, only transactions with newer dates (and new
transactions on the latest date) are printed. This is useful for
ignoring already-seen entries in import data, such as downloaded CSV
cial state file (.latest.FILE in the same directory), containing the
latest transaction date(s) that were seen last time FILE was read.
When this file is found, only transactions with newer dates (and new
transactions on the latest date) are printed. This is useful for
ignoring already-seen entries in import data, such as downloaded CSV
files. Eg:
$ hledger -f bank1.csv print --new
# shows transactions added since last print --new on this file
This assumes that transactions added to FILE always have same or
increasing dates, and that transactions on the same day do not get
This assumes that transactions added to FILE always have same or
increasing dates, and that transactions on the same day do not get
reordered. See also the import command.
The print command also supports output destination and CSV output.
The print command also supports output destination and CSV output.
Here's an example of print's CSV output:
$ hledger print -Ocsv
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"5","2008/12/31","","*","","pay off","","liabilities:debts","1","$","","1","",""
"5","2008/12/31","","*","","pay off","","assets:bank:checking","-1","$","1","","",""
o There is one CSV record per posting, with the parent transaction's
o There is one CSV record per posting, with the parent transaction's
fields repeated.
o The "txnidx" (transaction index) field shows which postings belong to
the same transaction. (This number might change if transactions are
reordered within the file, files are parsed/included in a different
the same transaction. (This number might change if transactions are
reordered within the file, files are parsed/included in a different
order, etc.)
o The amount is separated into "commodity" (the symbol) and "amount"
o The amount is separated into "commodity" (the symbol) and "amount"
(numeric quantity) fields.
o The numeric amount is repeated in either the "credit" or "debit" col-
umn, for convenience. (Those names are not accurate in the account-
ing sense; it just puts negative amounts under credit and zero or
umn, for convenience. (Those names are not accurate in the account-
ing sense; it just puts negative amounts under credit and zero or
greater amounts under debit.)
print-unique
@ -1584,7 +1597,7 @@ COMMANDS
show running total from report start date (default)
-H --historical
show historical running total/balance (includes postings before
show historical running total/balance (includes postings before
report start date)
-A --average
@ -1595,18 +1608,18 @@ COMMANDS
show postings' siblings instead
-w N --width=N
set output width (default: terminal width or COLUMNS. -wN,M
set output width (default: terminal width or COLUMNS. -wN,M
sets description width as well)
-O FMT --output-format=FMT
select the output format. Supported formats: txt, csv.
-o FILE --output-file=FILE
write output to FILE. A file extension matching one of the
write output to FILE. A file extension matching one of the
above formats selects that format.
The register command displays postings, one per line, and their running
total. This is typically used with a query selecting a particular
total. This is typically used with a query selecting a particular
account, to see that account's activity:
$ hledger register checking
@ -1615,8 +1628,8 @@ COMMANDS
2008/06/02 save assets:bank:checking $-1 $1
2008/12/31 pay off assets:bank:checking $-1 0
The --historical/-H flag adds the balance from any undisplayed prior
postings to the running total. This is useful when you want to see
The --historical/-H flag adds the balance from any undisplayed prior
postings to the running total. This is useful when you want to see
only recent activity, with a historically accurate running balance:
$ hledger register checking -b 2008/6 --historical
@ -1626,23 +1639,23 @@ COMMANDS
The --depth option limits the amount of sub-account detail displayed.
The --average/-A flag shows the running average posting amount instead
The --average/-A flag shows the running average posting amount instead
of the running total (so, the final number displayed is the average for
the whole report period). This flag implies --empty (see below). It
is affected by --historical. It works best when showing just one
the whole report period). This flag implies --empty (see below). It
is affected by --historical. It works best when showing just one
account and one commodity.
The --related/-r flag shows the other postings in the transactions of
The --related/-r flag shows the other postings in the transactions of
the postings which would normally be shown.
With a reporting interval, register shows summary postings, one per
With a reporting interval, register shows summary postings, one per
interval, aggregating the postings to each account:
$ hledger register --monthly income
2008/01 income:salary $-1 $-1
2008/06 income:gifts $-1 $-2
Periods with no activity, and summary postings with a zero amount, are
Periods with no activity, and summary postings with a zero amount, are
not shown by default; use the --empty/-E flag to see them:
$ hledger register --monthly income -E
@ -1659,7 +1672,7 @@ COMMANDS
2008/11 0 $-2
2008/12 0 $-2
Often, you'll want to see just one line per interval. The --depth
Often, you'll want to see just one line per interval. The --depth
option helps with this, causing subaccounts to be aggregated:
$ hledger register --monthly assets --depth 1h
@ -1667,19 +1680,19 @@ COMMANDS
2008/06 assets $-1 0
2008/12 assets $-1 $-1
Note when using report intervals, if you specify start/end dates these
will be adjusted outward if necessary to contain a whole number of
intervals. This ensures that the first and last intervals are full
Note when using report intervals, if you specify start/end dates these
will be adjusted outward if necessary to contain a whole number of
intervals. This ensures that the first and last intervals are full
length and comparable to the others in the report.
Custom register output
register uses the full terminal width by default, except on windows.
You can override this by setting the COLUMNS environment variable (not
register uses the full terminal width by default, except on windows.
You can override this by setting the COLUMNS environment variable (not
a bash shell variable) or by using the --width/-w option.
The description and account columns normally share the space equally
(about half of (width - 40) each). You can adjust this by adding a
description width as part of --width's argument, comma-separated:
The description and account columns normally share the space equally
(about half of (width - 40) each). You can adjust this by adding a
description width as part of --width's argument, comma-separated:
--width W,D . Here's a diagram:
<--------------------------------- width (W) ---------------------------------->
@ -1695,12 +1708,12 @@ COMMANDS
$ hledger reg -w 100,40 # set overall width 100, description width 40
$ hledger reg -w $COLUMNS,40 # use terminal width, and set description width
The register command also supports the -o/--output-file and -O/--out-
The register command also supports the -o/--output-file and -O/--out-
put-format options for controlling output destination and CSV output.
register-match
Print the one posting whose transaction description is closest to DESC,
in the style of the register command. Helps ledger-autosync detect
in the style of the register command. Helps ledger-autosync detect
already-seen transactions when importing.
rewrite
@ -1710,7 +1723,7 @@ COMMANDS
Show some journal statistics.
-o FILE --output-file=FILE
write output to FILE. A file extension matching one of the
write output to FILE. A file extension matching one of the
above formats selects that format.
$ hledger stats
@ -1725,8 +1738,8 @@ COMMANDS
Accounts : 8 (depth 3)
Commodities : 1 ($)
The stats command displays summary information for the whole journal,
or a matched part of it. With a reporting interval, it shows a report
The stats command displays summary information for the whole journal,
or a matched part of it. With a reporting interval, it shows a report
for each report period.
The stats command also supports -o/--output-file for controlling output
@ -1741,34 +1754,34 @@ COMMANDS
$ hledger test
Cases: 74 Tried: 74 Errors: 0 Failures: 0
This command runs hledger's built-in unit tests and displays a quick
This command runs hledger's built-in unit tests and displays a quick
report. With a regular expression argument, it selects only tests with
matching names. It's mainly used in development, but it's also nice to
be able to check your hledger executable for smoke at any time.
ADD-ON COMMANDS
hledger also searches for external add-on commands, and will include
hledger also searches for external add-on commands, and will include
these in the commands list. These are programs or scripts in your PATH
whose name starts with hledger- and ends with a recognised file exten-
whose name starts with hledger- and ends with a recognised file exten-
sion (currently: no extension, bat,com,exe, hs,lhs,pl,py,rb,rkt,sh).
Add-ons can be invoked like any hledger command, but there are a few
Add-ons can be invoked like any hledger command, but there are a few
things to be aware of. Eg if the hledger-web add-on is installed,
o hledger -h web shows hledger's help, while hledger web -h shows
hledger-web's help.
o Flags specific to the add-on must have a preceding -- to hide them
from hledger. So hledger web --serve --port 9000 will be rejected;
o Flags specific to the add-on must have a preceding -- to hide them
from hledger. So hledger web --serve --port 9000 will be rejected;
you must use hledger web -- --serve --port 9000.
o You can always run add-ons directly if preferred:
o You can always run add-ons directly if preferred:
hledger-web --serve --port 9000.
Add-ons are a relatively easy way to add local features or experiment
with new ideas. They can be written in any language, but haskell
scripts have a big advantage: they can use the same hledger (and
haskell) library functions that built-in commands do, for command-line
Add-ons are a relatively easy way to add local features or experiment
with new ideas. They can be written in any language, but haskell
scripts have a big advantage: they can use the same hledger (and
haskell) library functions that built-in commands do, for command-line
options, journal parsing, reporting, etc.
Here are some hledger add-ons available:
@ -1786,7 +1799,7 @@ ADD-ON COMMANDS
hledger-web provides a simple web interface.
Third party add-ons
These are maintained separately, and usually updated shortly after a
These are maintained separately, and usually updated shortly after a
hledger release.
diff
@ -1794,7 +1807,7 @@ ADD-ON COMMANDS
journal file and another.
iadd
hledger-iadd is a curses-style, more interactive replacement for the
hledger-iadd is a curses-style, more interactive replacement for the
add command.
interest
@ -1802,19 +1815,19 @@ ADD-ON COMMANDS
ing to various schemes.
irr
hledger-irr calculates the internal rate of return of an investment
hledger-irr calculates the internal rate of return of an investment
account.
Experimental add-ons
These are available in source form in the hledger repo's bin/ direc-
These are available in source form in the hledger repo's bin/ direc-
tory; installing them is pretty easy. They may be less mature and doc-
umented than built-in commands. Reading and tweaking these is a good
umented than built-in commands. Reading and tweaking these is a good
way to start making your own!
autosync
hledger-autosync is a symbolic link for easily running ledger-autosync,
if installed. ledger-autosync does deduplicating conversion of OFX
data and some CSV formats, and can also download the data if your bank
if installed. ledger-autosync does deduplicating conversion of OFX
data and some CSV formats, and can also download the data if your bank
offers OFX Direct Connect.
budget
@ -1827,21 +1840,21 @@ ADD-ON COMMANDS
hledger-check.hs checks more powerful account balance assertions.
ENVIRONMENT
COLUMNS The screen width used by the register command. Default: the
COLUMNS The screen width used by the register command. Default: the
full terminal width.
LEDGER_FILE The journal file path when not specified with -f. Default:
~/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps C:/Users/USER/.hledger.jour-
~/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps C:/Users/USER/.hledger.jour-
nal).
FILES
Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock, time-
dot, or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE, or
$HOME/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps
Reads data from one or more files in hledger journal, timeclock, time-
dot, or CSV format specified with -f, or $LEDGER_FILE, or
$HOME/.hledger.journal (on windows, perhaps
C:/Users/USER/.hledger.journal).
BUGS
The need to precede addon command options with -- when invoked from
The need to precede addon command options with -- when invoked from
hledger is awkward.
When input data contains non-ascii characters, a suitable system locale
@ -1854,33 +1867,33 @@ BUGS
In a Cygwin/MSYS/Mintty window, the tab key is not supported in hledger
add.
Not all of Ledger's journal file syntax is supported. See file format
Not all of Ledger's journal file syntax is supported. See file format
differences.
On large data files, hledger is slower and uses more memory than
On large data files, hledger is slower and uses more memory than
Ledger.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Here are some issues you might encounter when you run hledger (and
remember you can also seek help from the IRC channel, mail list or bug
Here are some issues you might encounter when you run hledger (and
remember you can also seek help from the IRC channel, mail list or bug
tracker):
Successfully installed, but "No command 'hledger' found"
stack and cabal install binaries into a special directory, which should
be added to your PATH environment variable. Eg on unix-like systems,
be added to your PATH environment variable. Eg on unix-like systems,
that is ~/.local/bin and ~/.cabal/bin respectively.
I set a custom LEDGER_FILE, but hledger is still using the default file
LEDGER_FILE should be a real environment variable, not just a shell
variable. The command env | grep LEDGER_FILE should show it. You may
LEDGER_FILE should be a real environment variable, not just a shell
variable. The command env | grep LEDGER_FILE should show it. You may
need to use export. Here's an explanation.
"Illegal byte sequence" or "Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide
"Illegal byte sequence" or "Invalid or incomplete multibyte or wide
character" errors
In order to handle non-ascii letters and symbols (like ), hledger needs
an appropriate locale. This is usually configured system-wide; you can
also configure it temporarily. The locale may need to be one that sup-
ports UTF-8, if you built hledger with GHC < 7.2 (or possibly always,
ports UTF-8, if you built hledger with GHC < 7.2 (or possibly always,
I'm not sure yet).
Here's an example of setting the locale temporarily, on ubuntu
@ -1899,7 +1912,7 @@ TROUBLESHOOTING
$ echo "export LANG=en_US.UTF-8" >>~/.bash_profile
$ bash --login
If we preferred to use eg fr_FR.utf8, we might have to install that
If we preferred to use eg fr_FR.utf8, we might have to install that
first:
$ apt-get install language-pack-fr
@ -1920,7 +1933,7 @@ TROUBLESHOOTING
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
or hledger mail list)
@ -1934,7 +1947,7 @@ COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
dot(5), ledger(1)