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				| @ -2,7 +2,8 @@ close, equity | ||||
| Prints a "closing balances" transaction and an "opening balances" transaction | ||||
| that bring account balances to and from zero, respectively. | ||||
| Useful for bringing asset/liability balances forward into a new journal file, | ||||
| or for closing out revenues/expenses to retained earnings at the end of a period. | ||||
| or for closing out revenues/expenses to retained earnings at the end of a | ||||
| period. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| _FLAGS_ | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| @ -26,7 +27,7 @@ If you're running a business, you might also use this command to | ||||
| "close the books" at the end of an accounting period, transferring | ||||
| income statement account balances to retained earnings. (You may want | ||||
| to change the equity account name to something like  | ||||
| "equity:retained earnings" for clarity.) | ||||
| "equity:retained earnings".) | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| By default, the closing transaction is dated yesterday, the balances  | ||||
| are calculated as of end of yesterday, and the opening transaction is dated today. | ||||
| @ -43,7 +44,7 @@ will probably always require --auto. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Examples: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| Carrying asset/liability balances into a new file for 2019, all from command line. | ||||
| Carrying asset/liability balances into a new file for 2019, all from command line: | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| *Warning: we use `>>` here to append; be careful not to type a single `>` which would wipe your journal!* | ||||
| 
 | ||||
|  | ||||
| @ -25,7 +25,7 @@ It has some special features: | ||||
|   markdown features. | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - Keep the width of short help lines to 76 characters or less, or | ||||
|   cmdargs will insert newlines. | ||||
|   cmdargs will insert newlines. (In Emacs: C-u 77 C-x f). | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| - GHC, stack, cabal, ghcid etc. won't notice changes in this file; | ||||
|   you have to also touch the .hs file. | ||||
|  | ||||
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