docs: document sym: in more detail

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Simon Michael 2013-09-09 15:54:08 -07:00
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@ -962,7 +962,13 @@ A query term can be any of the following:
- `real:1` or `real:0` - match real/virtual-ness
- `empty:1` or `empty:0` - match if amount is/is not zero
- `amt:N` or `amt:=N`, `amt:<N`, `amt:>N` - match postings with a single-commodity amount equal to, less than, or greater than N. (Multi-commodity amounts are always matched.)
- `sym:REGEX` - match (whole) commodity symbols
- `sym:REGEX` - match postings or transactions including any amounts
whose commodity symbol is fully matched by REGEX. (For a partial
match, use `.*REGEX.*`). Note, to match the dollar sign (`$`) you
need to prepend `\` so it's not interpreted as the regular
expression metacharacter. And when running hledger from the
command-line, you may need one more level of quoting to hide it from
the shell, eg: `hledger print sym:\\$` or `hledger print sym:'\$'`.
- `not:` before any of the above negates the match
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