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hledger-lib/Hledger/Read/RulesReader.hs
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-- Instead, a data file (or data-generating command) is usually specified by the @source@ rule.
-- If there's no source rule, the data file is assumed to be named like the rules file without .rules, in the same directory.
--
-- The source rule supports ~ for home directory.
-- If the argument is a bare filename, its directory is assumed to be ~/Downloads.
-- If is a relative file path, it is assumed to be relative to the rules file's directory.
-- The source rule supports ~ for home directory: @source ~/Downloads/foo.csv@.
-- If the argument is a bare filename, its directory is assumed to be ~/Downloads: @source foo.csv@.
-- Otherwise if it is a relative path, it is assumed to be relative to the rules file's directory: @source new/foo.csv@.
--
-- The source rule can specify a glob pattern.
-- If the glob pattern matches multiple files, the newest (last modified) file is used (see also below).
-- The source rule can specify a glob pattern: @source foo*.csv@.
-- If the glob pattern matches multiple files, the newest (last modified) file is used (with one exception, described below).
--
-- The source rule can specify a data-cleaning command, after the file pattern and a | separator.
-- The source rule can specify a data-cleaning command, after a @|@ separator: @source foo*.csv | sed -e 's/USD/$/g'@.
-- This command is executed by the user's default shell, receives the data file's content on stdin,
-- and should output data suitable for hledger to convert with CSV rules.
-- A # character can be used to comment out the data-cleaning command.
-- and should output CSV data suitable for hledger's conversion rules.
-- A # character can be used to comment out the data-cleaning command: @source foo*.csv # | ...@.
--
-- When using the source rule, if the archive rule is also present, some behaviours change:
--

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@ -3299,7 +3299,9 @@ See also ["Working with CSV > Reading files specified by rule"](#reading-files-s
After `source`'s file pattern, you can write `|` (pipe) and a data cleaning command.
If hledger's CSV rules aren't enough, you can pre-process the downloaded data here with a shell command or script, to make it more suitable for conversion.
The command will be executed by your default shell, will receive the data file's content as standard input,
and should output zero or more lines of character-separated-values, ready for conversion by hledger's CSV rules.
and should output zero or more lines of character-separated-values, ready for conversion by the CSV rules.
*Added in 1.50; experimental.*
## `archive`
@ -3314,6 +3316,8 @@ regenerating entries with improved rules,
checking for variations in your bank's CSV,
etc.
*Added in 1.50; experimental.*
## `encoding`
```rules