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diff --git a/doc/Ledger.scriv/155.rtfd/TXT.rtf b/doc/Ledger.scriv/155.rtfd/TXT.rtf deleted file mode 100644 index a050ecc1..00000000 --- a/doc/Ledger.scriv/155.rtfd/TXT.rtf +++ /dev/null @@ -1,88 +0,0 @@ -{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf949\cocoasubrtf460 -{\fonttbl\f0\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier;} -{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} -\pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\sl264\slmult1\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural - -\f0\fs28 \cf0 Ledger has seven basic commands, but by far the most often used are\ -@command\{balance\} and @command\{register\}. To see a summary balance of\ -all accounts, use:\ -\ -@example\ -ledger bal\ -@end example\ -\ -@command\{bal\} is a short-hand for @command\{balance\}. This command\ -prints out the summary totals of the five parent accounts used in\ -@file\{sample.dat\}:\ -\ -@smallexample\ - $1,480.00\ - 50 AAPL Assets\ - $-2,500.00 Equity\ - $20.00 Expenses\ - $-500.00 Income\ - $-2.00 Liabilities\ ---------------------\ - $-1,502.00\ - 50 AAPL \ -@end smallexample\ -\ -None of the child accounts are shown, just the parent account totals.\ -We can see that in @samp\{Assets\} there is $1,480.00, and 50 shares of\ -Apple stock. There is also a negative grand total. Usually the grand\ -total is zero, which means that all accounts balance@footnote\{It is\ -impossible for accounts not to balance in ledger; it reports an error\ -if a posting does not balance\}. In this case, since the 50 shares\ -of Apple stock cost $1,500.00 dollars, then these two amounts balance\ -each other in the grand total. The extra $2.00 comes from a virtual\ -posting being added by the automatic transaction at the top of the file.\ -The transaction is virtual because the account name was surrounded by\ -parentheses in an automatic transaction. Automatic transactions will be\ -discussed later, but first let's remove the virtual posting from\ -the balance report by using the @option\{--real\} option:\ -\ -@example\ -ledger --real bal\ -@end example\ -\ -Now the report is:\ -\ -@smallexample\ - $1,480.00\ - 50 AAPL Assets\ - $-2,500.00 Equity\ - $20.00 Expenses\ - $-500.00 Income\ ---------------------\ - $-1,500.00\ - 50 AAPL \ -@end smallexample\ -\ -Since the liability was a virtual posting, it has dropped from the\ -report and we see that final total is balanced.\ -\ -But we only know that it balances because @file\{sample.dat\} is quite\ -simple, and we happen to know that the 50 shares of Apple stock cost\ -$1,500.00. We can verify that things really balance by reporting the\ -Apple shares in terms of their cost, instead of their quantity. To do\ -this requires the @option\{--basis\}, or @option\{-B\}, option:\ -\ -@example\ -ledger --real -B bal\ -@end example\ -\ -This command reports:\ -\ -@smallexample\ - $2,980.00 Assets\ - $-2,500.00 Equity\ - $20.00 Expenses\ - $-500.00 Income\ -@end smallexample\ -\ -With the basis cost option, the grand total has disappeared, as it is\ -now zero. The confirms that the cost of everything balances to zero,\ -@emph\{which must always be true\}. Reporting the real basis cost\ -should never yield a remainder@footnote\{If it ever does, then\ -generated postings are involved, which can be removed using\ -@option\{--actual\}\}.}
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