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hledger

plain text accounting tool

TLDR

Show balance

$ hledger balance
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Register of transactions
$ hledger register
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Show income statement
$ hledger incomestatement
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Show balance sheet
$ hledger balancesheet
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Add transaction
$ hledger add
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Use specific journal
$ hledger -f [ledger.journal] balance
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SYNOPSIS

hledger [options] command [args]

DESCRIPTION

hledger is a plain text accounting tool. It reads journal files in ledger format and provides reports on personal or business finances.
The tool supports double-entry accounting, multiple currencies, and various reports. It's cross-platform and highly scriptable.

PARAMETERS

COMMAND

Subcommand to run.
balance, bal
Show account balances.
register, reg
Show transactions.
print
Print transactions.
add
Add transaction interactively.
-f FILE
Journal file.
-b DATE
Begin date.
-e DATE
End date.
--help
Display help information.

CAVEATS

Learning curve for accounting. Journal format matters. Haskell-based.

HISTORY

hledger was created by Simon Michael as a Haskell implementation inspired by John Wiegley's Ledger.

SEE ALSO

> TERMINAL_GEAR

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> TERMINAL_GEAR

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