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diff --git a/doc/Ledger.scriv/158.rtfd/TXT.rtf b/doc/Ledger.scriv/158.rtfd/TXT.rtf new file mode 100644 index 00000000..8abfef5e --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Ledger.scriv/158.rtfd/TXT.rtf @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +{\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 While the @command\{balance\} command can be very handy for checking\ +account totals, by far the most powerful of Ledger's reporting tools\ +is the @command\{register\} command. In fact, internally both commands\ +use the same logic, but report the results differently:\ +@command\{balance\} shows the summary totals, while @command\{register\}\ +reports each posting and how it contributes to that total.\ +\ +Paradoxically, the most basic form of @command\{register\} is almost\ +never used, since it displays every posting:\ +\ +@example\ +ledger reg\ +@end example\ +\ +@command\{reg\} is a short-hand for @command\{register\}. This command\ +reports:\ +\ +@smallexample\ +2004/05/01 Checking balance Assets:Bank:Checking $1,000.00 $1,000.00\ + Equity:Opening Balan.. $-1,000.00 0\ +2004/05/01 Investment balance Assets:Brokerage 50 AAPL 50 AAPL\ + Equity:Opening Balan.. $-1,500.00 $-1,500.00\ + 50 AAPL\ +2004/05/14 Pay day Assets:Bank:Checking $500.00 $-1,000.00\ + 50 AAPL\ + Income:Salary $-500.00 $-1,500.00\ + 50 AAPL\ +2004/05/27 Book Store Expenses:Books $20.00 $-1,480.00\ + 50 AAPL\ + Liabilities:MasterCard $-20.00 $-1,500.00\ + 50 AAPL\ + (Liabilities:Taxes) $-2.00 $-1,502.00\ + 50 AAPL\ +2004/05/27 Credit card company Liabilities:MasterCard $20.00 $-1,482.00\ + 50 AAPL\ + Assets:Bank:Checking $-20.00 $-1,502.00\ + 50 AAPL\ +@end smallexample\ +\ +This rather verbose output shows every account posting in\ +@file\{sample.dat\}, and how it affects the running total. The final\ +total is identical to what we saw with the plain @command\{balance\}\ +command. To see how things really balance, we can use @samp\{--real\ +-B\}, just as we did with @command\{balance\}:\ +\ +@example\ +ledger --real -B reg\ +@end example\ +\ +Reports:\ +\ +@smallexample\ +2004/05/01 Checking balance Assets:Bank:Checking $1,000.00 $1,000.00\ + Equity:Opening Balan.. $-1,000.00 0\ +2004/05/01 Investment balance Assets:Brokerage $1,500.00 $1,500.00\ + Equity:Opening Balan.. $-1,500.00 0\ +2004/05/14 Pay day Assets:Bank:Checking $500.00 $500.00\ + Income:Salary $-500.00 0\ +2004/05/27 Book Store Expenses:Books $20.00 $20.00\ + Liabilities:MasterCard $-20.00 0\ +2004/05/27 Credit card company Liabilities:MasterCard $20.00 $20.00\ + Assets:Bank:Checking $-20.00 0\ +@end smallexample\ +\ +Here we see that everything balances to zero in the end, as it must.}
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