Diabolic Preacher`hledger bal -t --drop=1 -D -T -A -N --pretty-tables Expenses`
hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way.
what do the switches here do?
1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts
2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways.
3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default
4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default
5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages.
6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well.
7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output.
lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance.
Thank you @simonmic for letting me feel cool using the terminal. Love the project
#pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips
hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way.
what do the switches here do?
1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts
2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways.
3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default
4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default
5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages.
6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well.
7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output.
lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance.
Thank you @simonmic for letting me feel cool using the terminal. Love the project
#pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips
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