# 1.
hledger -f sample.journal balance --no-total --depth 1
>>>
                 $-1  assets
                  $2  expenses
                 $-2  income
                  $1  liabilities
>>>=0

# 2. Depth 0 aggregates everything into one line
hledger -f sample.journal balance --no-total --depth 0
>>>
                   0  ...
>>>=0

# 3. Ditto in a multi-column balance report.
hledger -f sample.journal balance -M -e 2008/4 --depth 0
>>>
Balance changes in 2008/01:

     || 2008/01 
=====++=========
 ... ||       0 
-----++---------
     ||       0 

>>>=0