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diff --git a/ledger.texi b/ledger.texi index db20cdab..a73aee1d 100644 --- a/ledger.texi +++ b/ledger.texi @@ -1050,14 +1050,14 @@ beginning of the ledger. For food spending just this month (September), use: @example -ledger -d sep balance expenses:food +ledger -p sep balance expenses:food @end example Or maybe I want to see all of my assets, in which case the -s (show sub-accounts) option comes in handy: @example -ledger balance -s +ledger -s balance @end example To exclude a particular account, use a regular expression with a @@ -1068,13 +1068,20 @@ food spending: ledger balance expenses -food @end example -If you want to show all accounts but for one account, remember to use -``--'' to separate the exclusion pattern from the options list: +A query like the following will show the largest expense categories +since a given date: @example -ledger balance -- -equity +ledger -b 2003/10 -s -S -AT -d "T>1000" bal ^expenses -internet @end example +From left to right the options used mean: Show entries since October, +2003; showa all sub-accounts; sort in verse order by the absolute +value of the total; display only accounts with a total value greater +than 1000 units (of whichever commodities the account contains); and +report the balance for all expenses, except for those matching +``internet''. + @node File format, , Typical queries, Running Ledger @section File format |