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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 / transaction …
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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 ledger-cli … What's a good way to track this in the ledger file and still end up with a balanced sheet? Update 1 In a comment below, Hart CO mentions that chapter 2 discusses the income statement. …
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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. … What would be the correct way to write these transactions for ledger-cli? …
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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 -149.73 GBP Assets:Nest 738.00 PLN When I run ledger -f file.ledger …
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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. … Should I be doing something else in the ledger to make this balance properly across currencies? …
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How can I identify all transfers from account A to account B in ledger-cli?

What is the most practical way to do this with ledger-cli? …
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Print balance in CSV using Ledger cli [closed]

Ledger (http://ledger-cli.org/) allows to output reverse sorted balance of your Income accounts using the following command: ledger -f money.txt bal Income --sort "-abs(total)" so the output looks like …
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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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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. …
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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 each, and then I sell 150 in a single transaction, how would the ledger entries look like? …
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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? … When I just add an inverted rule like = /^expenses:internet/ mark -.5 sophie -.5 assets:shared 1 the calculations are correct, but a ledger reg looks very ugly. …
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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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Simplified version of double-entry bookkeeping for personal and business finance?

After learning about double-entry bookkeeping and researching how ledger-cli and gnucash implements this system, I would like to develop my own simplified version. … I like how ledger-cli does not require any specific account hierarchy. In other words, the system should be very flexible. In general double-entry bookkeeping is already a very simple concept. …
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How should I record a previously unrecognized asset?

I use double-entry accounting (with ledger-cli) for my personal finances. …
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ledger-cli Error: Incorrect use of thousand-mark period

I managed to solve the problem, thanks to Martin from Ledger-cli Google mailing group. … One of the records in the ledger was corrupted, I used comma instead of dot: 2019/07/31 * Hosting Assets:Nest -73,80 GBP Assets:Reimbursements …
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