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@ -533,7 +533,8 @@ in a more featureful hledger config file. Here's a small example:
``` ```
To use a config file, specify it with the `--conf` option. To use a config file, specify it with the `--conf` option.
Its options will be inserted near the start of your command line (so you can override them if needed). Its options will be inserted near the start of your command line,
so you can override them with command line options if needed.
Or, you can set up an automatic config file that is used whenever you run hledger, Or, you can set up an automatic config file that is used whenever you run hledger,
by creating `hledger.conf` in the current directory or above, by creating `hledger.conf` in the current directory or above,
@ -544,7 +545,9 @@ Here is another example config you could start with:
<https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/hledger.conf.sample> <https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/blob/master/hledger.conf.sample>
You can put not only options, but also arguments in a config file. You can put not only options, but also arguments in a config file.
This is probably more useful in special-purpose config files, not an automatic one. If the first word in a config file's top (general) section does not begin with a dash
(eg: `print`), it is treated as the command argument
(overriding any argument on the command line).
On unix machines, you can add a shebang line at the top of a config file, set executable permission on the file, and use it like a script. On unix machines, you can add a shebang line at the top of a config file, set executable permission on the file, and use it like a script.
Eg (the `-S` is needed on some operating systems): Eg (the `-S` is needed on some operating systems):