2 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/commodity.cc b/src/commodity.cc
index cfbab246..4b73b41f 100644
--- a/src/commodity.cc
+++ b/src/commodity.cc
@@ -988,4 +988,21 @@ commodity_t * commodity_pool_t::find_or_create(commodity_t&	   comm,
   return create(comm, details, name);
 }
 
+void commodity_pool_t::parse_commodity_price(const char * optarg)
+{
+  char * equals = std::strchr(optarg, '=');
+  if (! equals)
+    return;
+
+  optarg = skip_ws(optarg);
+  while (equals > optarg && std::isspace(*(equals - 1)))
+    equals--;
+
+  std::string symbol(optarg, 0, equals - optarg);
+  amount_t	price(equals + 1);
+
+  if (commodity_t * commodity = commodity_t::find_or_create(symbol))
+    commodity->add_price(datetime_t::now, price);
+}
+
 } // namespace ledger
diff --git a/src/commodity.h b/src/commodity.h
index bff8c1c4..56d9f5b2 100644
--- a/src/commodity.h
+++ b/src/commodity.h
@@ -598,6 +598,8 @@ public:
 
   commodity_t * find_or_create(commodity_t&	   comm,
 			       const annotation_t& details);
+
+  void parse_commodity_price(const char * optarg);
 };
 
 } // namespace ledger