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\f0\fs28 \cf0 The totals reported by the balance command are only the topmost parent\
accounts. To see the totals of all child accounts as well, use the\
@option\{-s\} option:\
\
@example\
ledger --real -B -s bal\
@end example\
\
This reports:\
\
@smallexample\
$2,980.00 Assets\
$1,480.00 Bank:Checking\
$1,500.00 Brokerage\
$-2,500.00 Equity:Opening Balances\
$20.00 Expenses:Books\
$-500.00 Income:Salary\
@end smallexample\
\
This shows that the @samp\{Assets\} total is made up from two child\
account, but that the total for each of the other accounts comes from\
one child account.\
\
Sometimes you may have a lot of children, nested very deeply, but only\
want to report the first two levels. This can be done with a display\
predicate, using a value expression. In the value expression,\
@code\{T\} represents the reported total, and @code\{l\} is the display\
level for the account:\
\
@example\
ledger --real -B -d "T&l<=2" bal\
@end example\
\
This reports:\
\
@smallexample\
$2,980.00 Assets\
$1,480.00 Bank\
$1,500.00 Brokerage\
$-2,500.00 Equity:Opening Balances\
$20.00 Expenses:Books\
$-500.00 Income:Salary\
@end smallexample\
\
Instead of reporting @samp\{Bank:Checking\} as a child of @samp\{Assets\},\
it report only @samp\{Bank\}, since that account is a nesting level of\
2, while @samp\{Checking\} is at level 3.\
\
To review the display predicate used---@code\{T&l<=2\}---this rather\
terse expression means: Display an account only if it has a non-zero\
total (@code\{T\}), and its nesting level is less than or equal to 2\
(@code\{l<=2\}).}
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