Questions tagged [ledger-cli]
This tag is used for questions related to `ledger-cli` accounting and bookkeeping software.
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Define category up front in ledger-cli
Here's some example transactions from the ledger manual:
2011/03/15 Trader Joe's
Expenses:Groceries $100.00
Assets:Checking
2011/03/15 Whole Food Market
Expenses:Groceries $75.00
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Lemonade stand in ledger cli
The Accounting Game
There's a book that introduces accounting called The Accounting Game by Mullis and Orloff:
ledger-cli file
Here's one approach to implementing the transactions from chapter 1 in ...
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How do you manage multiple currencies in Ledger CLI?
I've been using Ledger CLI for years. It works fine, but I'm sure I use only the tiniest fraction of its power. Every now and then, during the holidays, for example, I try to learn a little more about ...
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How can I identify all transfers from account A to account B in ledger-cli?
I would like to identify all the direct transfers from account A to account B. That is, all transactions with postings that include a positive amount for account B and a negative amount for account A.
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In ledger-cli can I stop automated translation later in the file?
If you have an automated transaction in your ledger file, can you later in the file remove it or redefine it?
For example if students live together and
= /^expenses:internet/
mark .5
sophie ...
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How to balance out trading between different currencies and dividends on a ledger?
TL;DR: I'm wondering how should I balance out values when dealing with multiple currencies being traded over time along with normal expenses that might occur along the way, as well as transactions ...
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How to account for human error?
Sometimes people make mistakes. The checkout process at stores often involves manual data entry which is error prone. For example, as a customer I could be charged $49.99 for a product priced $49.49.
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What account should be debited using double entry accounting for a stock spinoff transaction
I use ledger for tracking my personal finances. I'm trying to record a transaction where a stock I owned spun off shares of another company. (The specific case I'm referring to is when BioTime spun ...
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ledger-cli Error: Incorrect use of thousand-mark period
I have a problem with ledger-cli while trying to transfer money between accounts with currency conversion.
I have following record in ledger:
2020/09/04 * Transfer
Assets:Monzo ...
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How to track currency exchange using ledger-cli?
I want to keep track of the full price I've payed for investments on ledger, to know the weighted average price.
So given the following register taked from the documentation:
2004/05/01 Stock ...
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Double entry process for 401k account exchange
I'm entering journal entries for hledger for a 401k account and have questions about how it should work when an account goes through an exchange (I'm not sure what it is exactly; I guess the finance ...
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How do I use a liability account (in ledger-cli)?
I don't think this is only applicable to the software, but it's the one that I'm using.
In the documentation it talks about using charitable giving (e.g. tithing) as a Liability.
An example for 10% ...
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How to enter Return of Capital in ledger-cli
Some background first: I'm using GnuCash for personal finances and am trying to get some reports from ledger-cli. The data is exported using piecash from GnuCash into a ledger file.
When running ...
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Does ledger-cli support FIFO principle for selling stock lots?
I could not find the detailed information about lot tracking in ledger and would appreciate if someone took the time to make it explicit.
If I have two purchase transactions for a fund, at 100 units ...
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Ledger CLI automated transactions [closed]
Given a ledger-cli entry like
2017-11-30 * Terrace door ; :share:
Expenses:Housing:Fixed 719.06
Assets:Bank:Checking Account
what would an automated transaction / ...
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