doc: note an issue with balance assertions & multiple -f options

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This order dependence does bring an advantage: precise control over the
order of postings and assertions within a day, so you can assert
intra\-day balances.
.SS Assertions and included files
.PP
With included files, things are a little more complicated.
Including preserves the ordering of postings and assertions.
@ -375,6 +376,11 @@ If you have multiple postings to an account on the same day, split
across different files, and you also want to assert the account\[aq]s
balance on the same day, you\[aq]ll have to put the assertion in the
right file.
.SS Assertions and multiple \-f options
.PP
Balance assertions don\[aq]t work well across files specified with
multiple \-f options.
Use include or concatenate the files instead.
.SS Assertions and commodities
.PP
The asserted balance must be a simple single\-commodity amount, and in

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@ -361,12 +361,14 @@ for reading Ledger files.
* Menu:
* Assertions and ordering::
* Assertions and included files::
* Assertions and multiple -f options::
* Assertions and commodities::
* Assertions and subaccounts::
* Assertions and virtual postings::

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1.6.1 Assertions and ordering
-----------------------------
@ -384,16 +386,31 @@ updating. This order dependence does bring an advantage: precise control
over the order of postings and assertions within a day, so you can
assert intra-day balances.
With included files, things are a little more complicated. Including

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1.6.2 Assertions and included files
-----------------------------------
With included files, things are a little more complicated. Including
preserves the ordering of postings and assertions. If you have multiple
postings to an account on the same day, split across different files,
and you also want to assert the account's balance on the same day,
you'll have to put the assertion in the right file.

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1.6.2 Assertions and commodities
1.6.3 Assertions and multiple -f options
----------------------------------------
Balance assertions don't work well across files specified with multiple
-f options. Use include or concatenate the files instead.

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1.6.4 Assertions and commodities
--------------------------------
The asserted balance must be a simple single-commodity amount, and in
@ -411,7 +428,7 @@ for this kind of total balance assertion if there's demand.)

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1.6.3 Assertions and subaccounts
1.6.5 Assertions and subaccounts
--------------------------------
Balance assertions do not count the balance from subaccounts; they check
@ -436,7 +453,7 @@ $ hledger bal checking --flat

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1.6.4 Assertions and virtual postings
1.6.6 Assertions and virtual postings
-------------------------------------
Balance assertions are checked against all postings, both real and
@ -984,53 +1001,57 @@ Node: Virtual Postings10420
Ref: #virtual-postings10581
Node: Balance Assertions11801
Ref: #balance-assertions11978
Node: Assertions and ordering12800
Ref: #assertions-and-ordering12985
Node: Assertions and commodities14016
Ref: #assertions-and-commodities14242
Node: Assertions and subaccounts14934
Ref: #assertions-and-subaccounts15168
Node: Assertions and virtual postings15690
Ref: #assertions-and-virtual-postings15899
Node: Balance Assignments16040
Ref: #balance-assignments16209
Node: Prices17327
Ref: #prices17460
Node: Transaction prices17511
Ref: #transaction-prices17656
Node: Market prices19236
Ref: #market-prices19371
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Ref: #comments20493
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Ref: #tags21725
Node: Directives22648
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Ref: #multiple-aliases25651
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Ref: #multi-line-comments27919
Node: commodity directive28046
Ref: #commodity-directive28232
Node: Default commodity29105
Ref: #default-commodity29280
Node: Default year29816
Ref: #default-year29983
Node: Including other files30406
Ref: #including-other-files30565
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@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ updating. This order dependence does bring an advantage: precise
control over the order of postings and assertions within a day, so you
can assert intra-day balances.
### Assertions and included files
With [included files](#including-other-files), things are a little
more complicated. Including preserves the ordering of postings and
assertions. If you have multiple postings to an account on the same
@ -297,6 +299,11 @@ day, split across different files, and you also want to assert the
account's balance on the same day, you'll have to put the assertion
in the right file.
### Assertions and multiple -f options
Balance assertions don't work well across files specified
with multiple -f options. Use include or [concatenate the files](/hledger.html#input-files)
instead.
### Assertions and commodities

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@ -287,28 +287,33 @@ FILE FORMAT
trol over the order of postings and assertions within a day, so you can
assert intra-day balances.
Assertions and included files
With included files, things are a little more complicated. Including
preserves the ordering of postings and assertions. If you have multi-
ple postings to an account on the same day, split across different
files, and you also want to assert the account's balance on the same
day, you'll have to put the assertion in the right file.
Assertions and multiple -f options
Balance assertions don't work well across files specified with multiple
-f options. Use include or concatenate the files instead.
Assertions and commodities
The asserted balance must be a simple single-commodity amount, and in
fact the assertion checks only this commodity's balance within the
(possibly multi-commodity) account balance. We could call this a par-
tial balance assertion. This is compatible with Ledger, and makes it
The asserted balance must be a simple single-commodity amount, and in
fact the assertion checks only this commodity's balance within the
(possibly multi-commodity) account balance. We could call this a par-
tial balance assertion. This is compatible with Ledger, and makes it
possible to make assertions about accounts containing multiple commodi-
ties.
To assert each commodity's balance in such a multi-commodity account,
you can add multiple postings (with amount 0 if necessary). But note
that no matter how many assertions you add, you can't be sure the
To assert each commodity's balance in such a multi-commodity account,
you can add multiple postings (with amount 0 if necessary). But note
that no matter how many assertions you add, you can't be sure the
account does not contain some unexpected commodity. (We'll add support
for this kind of total balance assertion if there's demand.)
Assertions and subaccounts
Balance assertions do not count the balance from subaccounts; they
Balance assertions do not count the balance from subaccounts; they
check the posted account's exclusive balance. For example:
1/1
@ -316,7 +321,7 @@ FILE FORMAT
checking 1 = 1 ; post to the parent account, its exclusive balance is now 1
equity
The balance report's flat mode shows these exclusive balances more
The balance report's flat mode shows these exclusive balances more
clearly:
$ hledger bal checking --flat
@ -330,10 +335,10 @@ FILE FORMAT
tual. They are not affected by the --real/-R flag or real: query.
Balance Assignments
Ledger-style balance assignments are also supported. These are like
balance assertions, but with no posting amount on the left side of the
equals sign; instead it is calculated automatically so as to satisfy
the assertion. This can be a convenience during data entry, eg when
Ledger-style balance assignments are also supported. These are like
balance assertions, but with no posting amount on the left side of the
equals sign; instead it is calculated automatically so as to satisfy
the assertion. This can be a convenience during data entry, eg when
setting opening balances:
; starting a new journal, set asset account balances
@ -351,27 +356,27 @@ FILE FORMAT
expenses:misc
The calculated amount depends on the account's balance in the commodity
at that point (which depends on the previously-dated postings of the
commodity to that account since the last balance assertion or assign-
at that point (which depends on the previously-dated postings of the
commodity to that account since the last balance assertion or assign-
ment). Note that using balance assignments makes your journal a little
less explicit; to know the exact amount posted, you have to run hledger
or do the calculations yourself, instead of just reading it.
Prices
Transaction prices
Within a transaction posting, you can record an amount's price in
another commodity. This can be used to document the cost (for a pur-
chase), or selling price (for a sale), or the exchange rate that was
Within a transaction posting, you can record an amount's price in
another commodity. This can be used to document the cost (for a pur-
chase), or selling price (for a sale), or the exchange rate that was
used, for this transaction. These transaction prices are fixed, and do
not change over time.
Amounts with transaction prices can be displayed in the transaction
price's commodity, by using the --cost/-B flag supported by most
Amounts with transaction prices can be displayed in the transaction
price's commodity, by using the --cost/-B flag supported by most
hledger commands (mnemonic: "cost Basis").
There are several ways to record a transaction price:
1. Write the unit price (aka exchange rate), as @ UNITPRICE after the
1. Write the unit price (aka exchange rate), as @ UNITPRICE after the
amount:
2009/1/1
@ -385,7 +390,7 @@ FILE FORMAT
assets:cash
3. Or let hledger infer the price so as to balance the transaction. To
permit this, you must fully specify all posting amounts, and their
permit this, you must fully specify all posting amounts, and their
sum must have a non-zero amount in exactly two commodities:
2009/1/1
@ -399,46 +404,46 @@ FILE FORMAT
assets:foreign currency $135.00
assets:cash $-135.00
Example use for transaction prices: recording the effective conversion
Example use for transaction prices: recording the effective conversion
rate of purchases made in a foreign currency.
Market prices
Market prices are not tied to a particular transaction; they represent
historical exchange rates between two commodities. (Ledger calls them
historical prices.) For example, the prices published by a stock
exchange or the foreign exchange market. Some commands (balance, cur-
rently) can use this information to show the market value of things at
Market prices are not tied to a particular transaction; they represent
historical exchange rates between two commodities. (Ledger calls them
historical prices.) For example, the prices published by a stock
exchange or the foreign exchange market. Some commands (balance, cur-
rently) can use this information to show the market value of things at
a given date.
To record market prices, use P directives in the main journal or in an
To record market prices, use P directives in the main journal or in an
included file. Their format is:
P DATE COMMODITYBEINGPRICED UNITPRICE
DATE is a simple date as usual. COMMODITYBEINGPRICED is the symbol of
the commodity being priced (just the symbol, no quantity). UNITPRICE
is an ordinary amount (symbol and quantity) in a second commodity,
DATE is a simple date as usual. COMMODITYBEINGPRICED is the symbol of
the commodity being priced (just the symbol, no quantity). UNITPRICE
is an ordinary amount (symbol and quantity) in a second commodity,
specifying the unit price or conversion rate for the first commodity in
terms of the second, on the given date.
For example, the following directives say that one euro was worth 1.35
For example, the following directives say that one euro was worth 1.35
US dollars during 2009, and $1.40 from 2010 onward:
P 2009/1/1 $1.35
P 2010/1/1 $1.40
Comments
Lines in the journal beginning with a semicolon (;) or hash (#) or
asterisk (*) are comments, and will be ignored. (Asterisk comments
make it easy to treat your journal like an org-mode outline in emacs.)
Lines in the journal beginning with a semicolon (;) or hash (#) or
asterisk (*) are comments, and will be ignored. (Asterisk comments
make it easy to treat your journal like an org-mode outline in emacs.)
Also, anything between comment and end comment directives is a
(multi-line) comment. If there is no end comment, the comment extends
Also, anything between comment and end comment directives is a
(multi-line) comment. If there is no end comment, the comment extends
to the end of the file.
You can attach comments to a transaction by writing them after the
description and/or indented on the following lines (before the post-
ings). Similarly, you can attach comments to an individual posting by
You can attach comments to a transaction by writing them after the
description and/or indented on the following lines (before the post-
ings). Similarly, you can attach comments to an individual posting by
writing them after the amount and/or indented on the following lines.
Some examples:
@ -463,30 +468,30 @@ FILE FORMAT
; a journal comment (because not indented)
Tags
A tag is a word followed by a full colon inside a transaction or post-
ing comment. You can write multiple tags, comma separated. Eg:
; a comment containing sometag:, anothertag:. You can search for tags
A tag is a word followed by a full colon inside a transaction or post-
ing comment. You can write multiple tags, comma separated. Eg:
; a comment containing sometag:, anothertag:. You can search for tags
with the tag: query.
A tag can also have a value, which is any text between the colon and
the next comma or newline, excluding leading/trailing whitespace. (So
A tag can also have a value, which is any text between the colon and
the next comma or newline, excluding leading/trailing whitespace. (So
hledger tag values can not contain commas or newlines).
Tags in a transaction comment affect the transaction and all of its
postings, while tags in a posting comment affect only that posting.
For example, the following transaction has three tags (A, TAG2,
Tags in a transaction comment affect the transaction and all of its
postings, while tags in a posting comment affect only that posting.
For example, the following transaction has three tags (A, TAG2,
third-tag) and the posting has four (A, TAG2, third-tag, posting-tag):
1/1 a transaction ; A:, TAG2:
; third-tag: a third transaction tag, this time with a value
(a) $1 ; posting-tag:
Tags are like Ledger's metadata feature, except hledger's tag values
Tags are like Ledger's metadata feature, except hledger's tag values
are simple strings.
Directives
Account aliases
You can define aliases which rewrite your account names (after reading
You can define aliases which rewrite your account names (after reading
the journal, before generating reports). hledger's account aliases can
be useful for:
@ -503,8 +508,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
See also How to use account aliases.
Basic aliases
To set an account alias, use the alias directive in your journal file.
This affects all subsequent journal entries in the current file or its
To set an account alias, use the alias directive in your journal file.
This affects all subsequent journal entries in the current file or its
included files. The spaces around the = are optional:
alias OLD = NEW
@ -512,53 +517,53 @@ FILE FORMAT
Or, you can use the --alias 'OLD=NEW' option on the command line. This
affects all entries. It's useful for trying out aliases interactively.
OLD and NEW are full account names. hledger will replace any occur-
rence of the old account name with the new one. Subaccounts are also
OLD and NEW are full account names. hledger will replace any occur-
rence of the old account name with the new one. Subaccounts are also
affected. Eg:
alias checking = assets:bank:wells fargo:checking
# rewrites "checking" to "assets:bank:wells fargo:checking", or "checking:a" to "assets:bank:wells fargo:checking:a"
Regex aliases
There is also a more powerful variant that uses a regular expression,
indicated by the forward slashes. (This was the default behaviour in
There is also a more powerful variant that uses a regular expression,
indicated by the forward slashes. (This was the default behaviour in
hledger 0.24-0.25):
alias /REGEX/ = REPLACEMENT
or --alias '/REGEX/=REPLACEMENT'.
REGEX is a case-insensitive regular expression. Anywhere it matches
inside an account name, the matched part will be replaced by REPLACE-
MENT. If REGEX contains parenthesised match groups, these can be ref-
REGEX is a case-insensitive regular expression. Anywhere it matches
inside an account name, the matched part will be replaced by REPLACE-
MENT. If REGEX contains parenthesised match groups, these can be ref-
erenced by the usual numeric backreferences in REPLACEMENT. Note, cur-
rently regular expression aliases may cause noticeable slow-downs.
rently regular expression aliases may cause noticeable slow-downs.
(And if you use Ledger on your hledger file, they will be ignored.) Eg:
alias /^(.+):bank:([^:]+)(.*)/ = \1:\2 \3
# rewrites "assets:bank:wells fargo:checking" to "assets:wells fargo checking"
Multiple aliases
You can define as many aliases as you like using directives or com-
mand-line options. Aliases are recursive - each alias sees the result
of applying previous ones. (This is different from Ledger, where
You can define as many aliases as you like using directives or com-
mand-line options. Aliases are recursive - each alias sees the result
of applying previous ones. (This is different from Ledger, where
aliases are non-recursive by default). Aliases are applied in the fol-
lowing order:
1. alias directives, most recently seen first (recent directives take
1. alias directives, most recently seen first (recent directives take
precedence over earlier ones; directives not yet seen are ignored)
2. alias options, in the order they appear on the command line
end aliases
You can clear (forget) all currently defined aliases with the
You can clear (forget) all currently defined aliases with the
end aliases directive:
end aliases
account directive
The account directive predefines account names, as in Ledger and Bean-
count. This may be useful for your own documentation; hledger doesn't
The account directive predefines account names, as in Ledger and Bean-
count. This may be useful for your own documentation; hledger doesn't
make use of it yet.
; account ACCT
@ -573,8 +578,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
; etc.
apply account directive
You can specify a parent account which will be prepended to all
accounts within a section of the journal. Use the apply account and
You can specify a parent account which will be prepended to all
accounts within a section of the journal. Use the apply account and
end apply account directives like so:
apply account home
@ -591,7 +596,7 @@ FILE FORMAT
home:food $10
home:cash $-10
If end apply account is omitted, the effect lasts to the end of the
If end apply account is omitted, the effect lasts to the end of the
file. Included files are also affected, eg:
apply account business
@ -600,16 +605,16 @@ FILE FORMAT
apply account personal
include personal.journal
Prior to hledger 1.0, legacy account and end spellings were also sup-
Prior to hledger 1.0, legacy account and end spellings were also sup-
ported.
Multi-line comments
A line containing just comment starts a multi-line comment, and a line
A line containing just comment starts a multi-line comment, and a line
containing just end comment ends it. See comments.
commodity directive
The commodity directive predefines commodities (currently this is just
informational), and also it may define the display format for amounts
The commodity directive predefines commodities (currently this is just
informational), and also it may define the display format for amounts
in this commodity (overriding the automatically inferred format).
It may be written on a single line, like this:
@ -621,8 +626,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
; separating thousands with comma.
commodity 1,000.0000 AAAA
or on multiple lines, using the "format" subdirective. In this case
the commodity symbol appears twice and should be the same in both
or on multiple lines, using the "format" subdirective. In this case
the commodity symbol appears twice and should be the same in both
places:
; commodity SYMBOL
@ -635,10 +640,10 @@ FILE FORMAT
format INR 9,99,99,999.00
Default commodity
The D directive sets a default commodity (and display format), to be
The D directive sets a default commodity (and display format), to be
used for amounts without a commodity symbol (ie, plain numbers). (Note
this differs from Ledger's default commodity directive.) The commodity
and display format will be applied to all subsequent commodity-less
this differs from Ledger's default commodity directive.) The commodity
and display format will be applied to all subsequent commodity-less
amounts, or until the next D directive.
# commodity-less amounts should be treated as dollars
@ -650,8 +655,8 @@ FILE FORMAT
b
Default year
You can set a default year to be used for subsequent dates which don't
specify a year. This is a line beginning with Y followed by the year.
You can set a default year to be used for subsequent dates which don't
specify a year. This is a line beginning with Y followed by the year.
Eg:
Y2009 ; set default year to 2009
@ -671,24 +676,24 @@ FILE FORMAT
assets
Including other files
You can pull in the content of additional journal files by writing an
You can pull in the content of additional journal files by writing an
include directive, like this:
include path/to/file.journal
If the path does not begin with a slash, it is relative to the current
If the path does not begin with a slash, it is relative to the current
file. Glob patterns (*) are not currently supported.
The include directive can only be used in journal files. It can
The include directive can only be used in journal files. It can
include journal, timeclock or timedot files, but not CSV files.
EDITOR SUPPORT
Add-on modes exist for various text editors, to make working with jour-
nal files easier. They add colour, navigation aids and helpful com-
mands. For hledger users who edit the journal file directly (the
nal files easier. They add colour, navigation aids and helpful com-
mands. For hledger users who edit the journal file directly (the
majority), using one of these modes is quite recommended.
These were written with Ledger in mind, but also work with hledger
These were written with Ledger in mind, but also work with hledger
files:
@ -705,7 +710,7 @@ EDITOR SUPPORT
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org (or on the #hledger IRC channel
or hledger mail list)
@ -719,7 +724,7 @@ COPYRIGHT
SEE ALSO
hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
hledger(1), hledger-ui(1), hledger-web(1), hledger-api(1),
hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_time-
dot(5), ledger(1)

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@ -490,8 +490,14 @@ $\ echo\ \[aq]i\ 2009/13/1\ 08:00:00\[aq]\ |\ hledger\ print\ \-ftimeclock:\-
.PP
You can also specify multiple \f[C]\-f\f[] options, to read multiple
files as one big journal.
(Directives in one file will not affect the other files.
If you need that, use the include directive instead.)
There are some limitations with this:
.IP \[bu] 2
directives in one file will not affect the other files
.IP \[bu] 2
balance assertions will not see any account balances from previous files
.PP
If you need those, either use the include directive, or concatenate the
files, eg: \f[C]cat\ a.journal\ b.journal\ |\ hledger\ \-f\-\ CMD\f[].
.SS Depth limiting
.PP
With the \f[C]\-\-depth\ N\f[] option, commands like account, balance

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@ -369,8 +369,15 @@ $ hledger -f csv:/some/csv-file.dat stats
$ echo 'i 2009/13/1 08:00:00' | hledger print -ftimeclock:-
You can also specify multiple `-f' options, to read multiple files
as one big journal. (Directives in one file will not affect the other
files. If you need that, use the include directive instead.)
as one big journal. There are some limitations with this:
* directives in one file will not affect the other files
* balance assertions will not see any account balances from previous
files
If you need those, either use the include directive, or concatenate
the files, eg: `cat a.journal b.journal | hledger -f- CMD'.

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Ref: #reporting-options7764
Node: Input files9587
Ref: #input-files9727
Node: Depth limiting11564
Ref: #depth-limiting11704
Node: Smart dates11905
Ref: #smart-dates12051
Node: Report start & end date13048
Ref: #report-start-end-date13220
Node: Report intervals14296
Ref: #report-intervals14461
Node: Period expressions14860
Ref: #period-expressions15025
Node: Regular expressions17360
Ref: #regular-expressions17502
Node: QUERIES18985
Ref: #queries19089
Node: COMMANDS22728
Ref: #commands22842
Node: accounts23515
Ref: #accounts23615
Node: activity24597
Ref: #activity24709
Node: add25068
Ref: #add25169
Node: balance27832
Ref: #balance27945
Node: Flat mode30958
Ref: #flat-mode31085
Node: Depth limited balance reports31504
Ref: #depth-limited-balance-reports31707
Node: Multicolumn balance reports32128
Ref: #multicolumn-balance-reports32330
Node: Market value36979
Ref: #market-value37143
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@ -113,8 +113,13 @@ $ echo 'i 2009/13/1 08:00:00' | hledger print -ftimeclock:-
```
You can also specify multiple `-f` options, to read multiple files as one big journal.
(Directives in one file will not affect the other files. If you need that,
use the [include directive](#including-other-files) instead.)
There are some limitations with this:
- directives in one file will not affect the other files
- [balance assertions](/journal.html#balance-assertions) will not see any account balances from previous files
If you need those, either use the [include directive](/journal.html#including-other-files),
or concatenate the files, eg: `cat a.journal b.journal | hledger -f- CMD`.
## Depth limiting