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[Simon&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;<simon@joyful.com>](mailto:simon@joyful.com) and [Simon&nbsp;Michael&nbsp;<simon@joyful.com>](mailto:simon@joyful.com) and
contributors, and released as Free Software under GPL version 3 or later. contributors, and released as Free Software under GPL version 3 or later.
This is the manual for hledger 0.13.0. This is the manual for hledger 0.14.0-pre (it may be slightly in advance of the current release).
<a name="faq" /> <a name="faq" />
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$ hledger [OPTIONS] COMMAND [FILTER PATTERNS] $ hledger [OPTIONS] COMMAND [FILTER PATTERNS]
hledger first looks for data in a specially-formatted hledger first looks for data in a specially-formatted
[journal file](#journal-file-format). You can specify the file with the -f [journal file](#file-format). You can specify the file with the -f
option or the `LEDGER` environment variable; otherwise hledger assumes it option or the `LEDGER` environment variable; otherwise hledger assumes it
is a file named `.journal` in your home directory. If the journal file is a file named `.journal` in your home directory. If the journal file
does not exist, it will be auto-created. does not exist, it will be auto-created.
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-V --version show version information -V --version show version information
-h --help show command-line usage -h --help show command-line usage
<a name="file-format" /> ## File format
## Journal file format
hledger reads data from a plain text file, called a *journal* because hledger reads data from a plain text file, called a *journal* because
it represents a standard accounting [general it represents a standard accounting [general
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### Default commodity ### Default commodity
You can set a default commodity or currency with a D directive. The You can set a default commodity or currency with a D directive. The
commodity (and its symbol position and number format settings) will be commodity <!-- (and its symbol position and number format settings) --> will be
used for any subsequent amounts which have no commodity symbol. used for any subsequent amounts which have no commodity symbol.
; default commodity: british pound, comma thousands separator, two decimal places ; default commodity: british pound, comma thousands separator, two decimal places
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#### malformed edits #### malformed edits
The journal file must remain in good [hledger format](#journal-file-format) so The journal file must remain in good [hledger format](#file-format) so
that hledger can parse it. The web add and edit forms ensure this by not that hledger can parse it. The web add and edit forms ensure this by not
allowing edits which would introduce parse errors. If a direct edit makes allowing edits which would introduce parse errors. If a direct edit makes
the journal file unparseable, the web UI will show the error instead of the journal file unparseable, the web UI will show the error instead of

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A history-aware add command to help with data entry. A history-aware add command to help with data entry.
Note: this might not be sensible, but add has some aspirations of being
both user-fiendly and pipeable/scriptable and for this reason
informational messages are mostly written to stderr rather than stdout.
-} -}
module Hledger.Cli.Add module Hledger.Cli.Add