$archiver NSKeyedArchiver $objects $null $class CF$UID 37 NS.objects CF$UID 2 $class CF$UID 33 NS.keys CF$UID 3 CF$UID 4 CF$UID 5 NS.objects CF$UID 6 CF$UID 7 CF$UID 35 Title Text Date Untitled Snapshot $class CF$UID 34 NSAttributes CF$UID 10 NSDelegate CF$UID 0 NSString CF$UID 8 $class CF$UID 9 NS.string 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. $classes NSMutableString NSString NSObject $classname NSMutableString $class CF$UID 33 NS.keys CF$UID 11 CF$UID 12 NS.objects CF$UID 13 CF$UID 30 NSParagraphStyle NSFont $class CF$UID 29 NSAlignment 4 NSLineHeightMultiple 1.1000000238418579 NSTabStops CF$UID 14 $class CF$UID 28 NS.objects CF$UID 15 CF$UID 17 CF$UID 18 CF$UID 19 CF$UID 20 CF$UID 21 CF$UID 22 CF$UID 23 CF$UID 24 CF$UID 25 CF$UID 26 CF$UID 27 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 28 $classes NSTextTab NSObject $classname NSTextTab $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 56 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 84 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 112 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 140 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 168 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 196 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 224 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 252 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 280 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 308 $class CF$UID 16 NSLocation 336 $classes NSArray NSObject $classname NSArray $classes NSParagraphStyle NSObject $classname NSParagraphStyle $class CF$UID 32 NSName CF$UID 31 NSSize 14 NSfFlags 16 Courier $classes NSFont NSObject $classname NSFont $classes NSDictionary NSObject $classname NSDictionary $classes KBWordCountingTextStorage NSTextStorage NSMutableAttributedString NSAttributedString NSObject $classname KBWordCountingTextStorage $class CF$UID 36 NS.time 267380388.99077201 $classes NSDate NSObject $classname NSDate $classes NSMutableArray NSArray NSObject $classname NSMutableArray $top Snapshots CF$UID 1 $version 100000