From c8151dea46cdc2a0af7e26a146402a6ebb98310d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcus Zanona <zanona@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 07:32:55 +0000
Subject: docs: add instructions for querying quoted commodities

resolves #2077
---
 doc/ledger3.texi | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

(limited to 'doc/ledger3.texi')

diff --git a/doc/ledger3.texi b/doc/ledger3.texi
index edfb2518..8a94271b 100644
--- a/doc/ledger3.texi
+++ b/doc/ledger3.texi
@@ -1773,6 +1773,12 @@ commodity name must be enclosed in double quotes @samp{"}:
     Actif:SG PEE STK    $-10742.54
 @end smallexample
 
+Please note that, for querying quoted commodities, the quotes need to be escaped, as follows:
+
+@smallexample @c command:15453B3
+$ ledger -f d reg -l 'commodity == "\"Arcancia Équilibre 454\""'
+@end smallexample
+
 @node Buying and Selling Stock, Fixing Lot Prices, Naming Commodities, Currency and Commodities
 @subsection Buying and Selling Stock
 @cindex buying stock
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