multidis · May 24, 2016 21:27 · Oct 22, 2012 · Aug 11, 2012 · Aug 11, 2012 · Aug 11, 2012
diff --git a/Ledger_3_commands.dat b/Ledger_3_commands.dat
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 alias Dining=Expenses:Entertainment:Dining
 alias Checking=Assets:Credit Union:Joint Checking Account
 
+# prints budget with % target column
+  ledger -f fin.dat -p "june" budget
 
 # Provides ledger balance until the month of "i.e. August"
 # aug could be replaced by any prefix for monthly calendar.

diff --git a/Ledger_3_commands.dat b/Ledger_3_commands.dat
@@ -53,3 +53,27 @@ ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Expenses @@School
 # The first example looks for any account starting with ``Bo'', of which
 # there are none. The second looks for any account with ``Bo'', which is
 @samp{Expenses:Books}.
+
+# If you want to know exactly how much you have spent in a particular
+# account on a particular payee, the following are equivalent:
+@smallexample
+> ledger balance Auto:Fuel and Chevron
+> ledger balance --limit "(account=~/Fuel/) & (payee=~/Chev/)"
+@end smallexample
+# @noindent will show you the amount expended on gasoline at Chevron.
+# The second example is the first example of the very power expression
+# language available to shape reports. The first example may be easier to
+# remember, but learning to use the second will open up far more
+# possibilities.
+
+# If you want to exclude specific accounts from the report, you can
+# exclude multiple accounts with parentheses:
+@smallexample
+ledger -s bal Expenses and not \(Expenses:Drinks or Expenses:Candy or Expenses:Gifts\)
+@end smallexample
+
+# A query such as the following shows all expenses since last
+# October, sorted by total:
+@example
+ledger -b "last oct" -s -S T bal ^expenses
+@end example
diff --git a/Ledger_3_commands.dat b/Ledger_3_commands.dat
@@ -42,3 +42,14 @@ ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Expenses @@School
           $ 5,480.00
 20:39:21 ~/ledger/test/input >
 @end smallexample
+
+# You can use general regular expressions in nearly anyplace Ledger needs a string:
+@smallexample
+20:40:28 ~/ledger/test/input > ledger balance -f FILENAME ^Bo
+21:13:29 ~/ledger/test/input > ledger balance -f FILENAME Bo
+             $ 20.00 Expenses:Books
+@end smallexample
+
+# The first example looks for any account starting with ``Bo'', of which
+# there are none. The second looks for any account with ``Bo'', which is
+@samp{Expenses:Books}.
diff --git a/Ledger_3_commands.dat b/Ledger_3_commands.dat
@@ -30,3 +30,15 @@ ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Assets
 @smallexample
 ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Expenses @@School
 @end smallexample
+
+# Most times this is more than you want. Limiting the results to specific
+# accounts is as easy as entering the names of the accounts after the
+# command.
+@smallexample
+20:37:53 ~/ledger/test/input > ledger balance -f FILENAME Auto MasterCard
+          $ 5,500.00 Expenses:Auto
+            $ -20.00 Liabilities:MasterCard
+--------------------
+          $ 5,480.00
+20:39:21 ~/ledger/test/input >
+@end smallexample
diff --git a/Ledger_3_commands.dat b/Ledger_3_commands.dat
@@ -1,11 +1,18 @@
+# comments example for .dat or .ledger files
 @smallexample
-
 ; This is a single line comment,
 # and this,
 % and this,
 | and this,
 * and this.
 
+# If you have a deeply nested tree of accounts, 
+# it may be convenient to define an alias, for example:
+@smallexample
+alias Dining=Expenses:Entertainment:Dining
+alias Checking=Assets:Credit Union:Joint Checking Account
+
+
 # Provides ledger balance until the month of "i.e. August"
 # aug could be replaced by any prefix for monthly calendar.
 # ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"

diff --git a/Ledger 3 commands → Ledger_3_commands.dat b/Ledger 3 commands → Ledger_3_commands.dat
diff --git a/Ledger 3 commands b/Ledger 3 commands
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-// Provides ledger balance until the month of "i.e. August"
-// aug could be replaced by any prefix for monthly calendar.
-ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"
+@smallexample
+
+; This is a single line comment,
+# and this,
+% and this,
+| and this,
+* and this.
+
+# Provides ledger balance until the month of "i.e. August"
+# aug could be replaced by any prefix for monthly calendar.
+# ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"
 
-// Provides a balance of account type "i.e. assets, expenses"
+# Provides a balance of account type "i.e. assets, expenses"
 ledger -f YOURFILENAME balance assets:checking
 ledger -f YOURFILENAME register expenses:food
 
-// See account subtotals for any postings related to a specific fund
+# See account subtotals for any postings related to a specific fund
 @smallexample
 ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Assets
 @end smallexample
 
-// Or to see a particular funds expenses, the @samp{School} fund in this case
+# Or to see a particular funds expenses, the @samp{School} fund in this case
 @smallexample
 ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Expenses @@School
 @end smallexample
diff --git a/Ledger 3 commands b/Ledger 3 commands
@@ -4,4 +4,14 @@ ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"
 
 // Provides a balance of account type "i.e. assets, expenses"
 ledger -f YOURFILENAME balance assets:checking
-ledger -f YOURFILENAME register expenses:food
+ledger -f YOURFILENAME register expenses:food
+
+// See account subtotals for any postings related to a specific fund
+@smallexample
+ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Assets
+@end smallexample
+
+// Or to see a particular funds expenses, the @samp{School} fund in this case
+@smallexample
+ledger --code-as-payee -P reg ^Expenses @@School
+@end smallexample
diff --git a/Ledger 3 commands b/Ledger 3 commands
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 // Provides ledger balance until the month of "i.e. August"
 // aug could be replaced by any prefix for monthly calendar.
-ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"
+ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"
+
+// Provides a balance of account type "i.e. assets, expenses"
+ledger -f YOURFILENAME balance assets:checking
+ledger -f YOURFILENAME register expenses:food
diff --git a/Ledger 3 commands b/Ledger 3 commands
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Provides ledger balance until the month of "i.e. August"
+// aug could be replaced by any prefix for monthly calendar.
+ledger bal -f YOURFILENAME --period "until aug"
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