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240 lines
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Groff
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.TH "hledger_csv" "5" "May 2016" "hledger 0.28dev" "hledger User Manuals"
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.SH NAME
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.PP
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CSV \- how hledger reads CSV data, and the CSV rules file format
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
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hledger can read CSV files, converting each CSV record into a journal
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entry (transaction), if you provide some conversion hints in a "rules
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file".
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This file should be named like the CSV file with an additional
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\f[C]\&.rules\f[] suffix (eg: \f[C]mybank.csv.rules\f[]); or, you can
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specify the file with \f[C]\-\-rules\-file\ PATH\f[].
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hledger will create it if necessary, with some default rules which
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you\[aq]ll need to adjust.
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At minimum, the rules file must specify the \f[C]date\f[] and
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\f[C]amount\f[] fields.
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For an example, see How to read CSV files.
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.PP
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To learn about \f[I]exporting\f[] CSV, see CSV output.
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.SH CSV RULES
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.PP
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The following six kinds of rule can appear in the rules file, in any
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order.
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Blank lines and lines beginning with \f[C]#\f[] or \f[C];\f[] are
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ignored.
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.SS skip
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\f[C]skip\f[]\f[I]\f[C]N\f[]\f[]
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Skip this number of CSV records at the beginning.
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You\[aq]ll need this whenever your CSV data contains header lines.
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Eg:
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ ignore\ the\ first\ CSV\ line
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skip\ 1
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS date\-format
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\f[C]date\-format\f[]\f[I]\f[C]DATEFMT\f[]\f[]
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When your CSV date fields are not formatted like \f[C]YYYY/MM/DD\f[] (or
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\f[C]YYYY\-MM\-DD\f[] or \f[C]YYYY.MM.DD\f[]), you\[aq]ll need to
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specify the format.
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DATEFMT is a strptime\-like date parsing pattern, which must parse the
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date field values completely.
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Examples:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ for\ dates\ like\ "6/11/2013":
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date\-format\ %\-d/%\-m/%Y
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\f[]
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.fi
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ for\ dates\ like\ "11/06/2013":
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date\-format\ %m/%d/%Y
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\f[]
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.fi
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ for\ dates\ like\ "2013\-Nov\-06":
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date\-format\ %Y\-%h\-%d
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\f[]
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.fi
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ for\ dates\ like\ "11/6/2013\ 11:32\ PM":
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date\-format\ %\-m/%\-d/%Y\ %l:%M\ %p
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS field list
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\f[C]fields\f[]\f[I]\f[C]FIELDNAME1\f[]\f[],
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\f[I]\f[C]FIELDNAME2\f[]\f[]...
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This (a) names the CSV fields, in order (names may not contain
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whitespace; uninteresting names may be left blank), and (b) assigns them
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to journal entry fields if you use any of these standard field names:
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\f[C]date\f[], \f[C]date2\f[], \f[C]status\f[], \f[C]code\f[],
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\f[C]description\f[], \f[C]comment\f[], \f[C]account1\f[],
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\f[C]account2\f[], \f[C]amount\f[], \f[C]amount\-in\f[],
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\f[C]amount\-out\f[], \f[C]currency\f[].
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Eg:
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ use\ the\ 1st,\ 2nd\ and\ 4th\ CSV\ fields\ as\ the\ entry\[aq]s\ date,\ description\ and\ amount,
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#\ and\ give\ the\ 7th\ and\ 8th\ fields\ meaningful\ names\ for\ later\ reference:
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#
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#\ CSV\ field:
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#\ \ \ \ \ \ 1\ \ \ \ \ 2\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 3\ 4\ \ \ \ \ \ \ 5\ 6\ 7\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 8
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#\ entry\ field:
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fields\ date,\ description,\ ,\ amount,\ ,\ ,\ somefield,\ anotherfield
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS field assignment
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\f[I]\f[C]ENTRYFIELDNAME\f[]\f[] \f[I]\f[C]FIELDVALUE\f[]\f[]
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This sets a journal entry field (one of the standard names above) to the
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given text value, which can include CSV field values interpolated by
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name (\f[C]%CSVFIELDNAME\f[]) or 1\-based position (\f[C]%N\f[]).
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Eg:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ set\ the\ amount\ to\ the\ 4th\ CSV\ field\ with\ "USD\ "\ prepended
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amount\ USD\ %4
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\f[]
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.fi
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ combine\ three\ fields\ to\ make\ a\ comment\ (containing\ two\ tags)
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comment\ note:\ %somefield\ \-\ %anotherfield,\ date:\ %1
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\f[]
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.fi
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Field assignments can be used instead of or in addition to a field list.
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.SS conditional block
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\f[C]if\f[] \f[I]\f[C]PATTERN\f[]\f[]
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.PD 0
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.P
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.PD
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\ \ \ \ \f[I]\f[C]FIELDASSIGNMENTS\f[]\f[]...
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\f[C]if\f[]
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.PD 0
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\f[I]\f[C]PATTERN\f[]\f[]
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.PD 0
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\f[I]\f[C]PATTERN\f[]\f[]...
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.PD 0
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\ \ \ \ \f[I]\f[C]FIELDASSIGNMENTS\f[]\f[]...
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This applies one or more field assignments, only to those CSV records
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matched by one of the PATTERNs.
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The patterns are case\-insensitive regular expressions which match
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anywhere within the whole CSV record (it\[aq]s not yet possible to match
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within a specific field).
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When there are multiple patterns they can be written on separate lines,
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unindented.
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The field assignments are on separate lines indented by at least one
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space.
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Examples:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ if\ the\ CSV\ record\ contains\ "groceries",\ set\ account2\ to\ "expenses:groceries"
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if\ groceries
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\ account2\ expenses:groceries
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\f[]
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.fi
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ if\ the\ CSV\ record\ contains\ any\ of\ these\ patterns,\ set\ account2\ and\ comment\ as\ shown
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if
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monthly\ service\ fee
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atm\ transaction\ fee
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banking\ thru\ software
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\ account2\ expenses:business:banking
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\ comment\ \ XXX\ deductible\ ?\ check\ it
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SS include
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\f[C]include\f[]\f[I]\f[C]RULESFILE\f[]\f[]
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Include another rules file at this point.
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\f[C]RULESFILE\f[] is either an absolute file path or a path relative to
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the current file\[aq]s directory.
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Eg:
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.IP
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.nf
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\f[C]
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#\ rules\ reused\ with\ several\ CSV\ files
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include\ common.rules
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\f[]
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.fi
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.SH TIPS
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Each generated journal entry will have two postings, to
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\f[C]account1\f[] and \f[C]account2\f[] respectively.
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Currently it\[aq]s not possible to generate entries with more than two
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postings.
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If the CSV has debit/credit amounts in separate fields, assign to the
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\f[C]amount\-in\f[] and \f[C]amount\-out\f[] pseudo fields instead of
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\f[C]amount\f[].
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.PP
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If the CSV has the currency in a separate field, assign that to the
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\f[C]currency\f[] pseudo field which will be automatically prepended to
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the amount.
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(Or you can do the same thing with a field assignment.)
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If an amount value is parenthesised, it will be de\-parenthesised and
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sign\-flipped automatically.
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The generated journal entries will be sorted by date.
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The original order of same\-day entries will be preserved, usually.
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.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
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Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org
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(or on the #hledger IRC channel or hledger mail list)
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.SH AUTHORS
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Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com> and contributors
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.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2007-2016 Simon Michael.
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.br
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Released under GNU GPL v3 or later.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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hledger(1), hledger\-ui(1), hledger\-web(1), hledger\-api(1),
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hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timeclock(5), hledger_timedot(5),
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ledger(1)
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http://hledger.org
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