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hledger accounts — List account names. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger.html#accounts>.

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Problem

How to use the hledger accounts command: List account names. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger.html#accounts>.

Solution

hledger accounts — List account names. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger.html#accounts>.

Show all accounts used or declared in the default journal file:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}}

Show accounts used by transactions:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} {{[-u|--used]}}

Show accounts declared with account directives:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} {{[-d|--declared]}}

Add new account directives, for accounts used but not declared, to the journal:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} --undeclared --directives >> {{2024-accounts.journal}}

Show accounts with asset in their name, and their declared/inferred types:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} asset --types

Show accounts of the Asset type:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} type:A

Show the first two levels of the accounts hierarchy:

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} {{[-t|--tree]}} {{[-2|--depth 2]}}

Code Snippets

Show all accounts used or declared in the default journal file

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}}

Show accounts used by transactions

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} {{[-u|--used]}}

Show accounts declared with account directives

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} {{[-d|--declared]}}

Add new account directives, for accounts used but not declared, to the journal

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} --undeclared --directives >> {{2024-accounts.journal}}

Show accounts with `asset` in their name, and their declared/inferred types

hledger {{[acc|accounts]}} asset --types

Context

tldr-pages: common/hledger accounts

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