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+# payees command
+
+# basic payees report
+<
+2018/1/1 foo  ; foo:
+  a
+
+2018/1/1 bar | baz
+  a
+
+$ hledger -f - payees
+bar
+foo
+>=
+
+# with payee and note fields togother
+$ hledger -f - payees --notes
+bar | baz
+foo
+>=
+
+# filtering transactions by tag
+$ hledger -f - payees tag:foo
+foo
+>=