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hledger print — Show full journal entries, representing transactions. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger

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Problem

How to use the hledger print command: Show full journal entries, representing transactions. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger.html#print>.

Solution

hledger print — Show full journal entries, representing transactions. More information: <https://hledger.org/hledger.html#print>.

Show all transactions in the default journal file:

hledger print

Show transactions, with any implied amounts or costs made explicit:

hledger print {{[-x|--explicit]}} --infer-costs

Show transactions from two specified files, with amounts converted to cost:

hledger print {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/2023.journal}} {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/2024.journal}} {{[-B|--cost]}}

Show $ transactions this month in accounts whose name contains food but not groceries:

hledger print cur:\\$ food not:groceries date:thismonth

Show transactions of amount 50 or more, with whole foods in their description:

hledger print amt:'>50' desc:'whole foods'

Show cleared transactions, with EUR amounts rounded and with decimal commas:

hledger print {{[-C|--cleared]}} --commodity '1000, EUR' --round hard

Write transactions from foo.journal as a CSV file:

hledger print {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/foo.journal}} {{[-o|--output-file]}} {{path/to/output_file.csv}}

Code Snippets

Show all transactions in the default journal file

hledger print

Show transactions, with any implied amounts or costs made explicit

hledger print {{[-x|--explicit]}} --infer-costs

Show transactions from two specified files, with amounts converted to cost

hledger print {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/2023.journal}} {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/2024.journal}} {{[-B|--cost]}}

Show `$` transactions this month in accounts whose name contains `food` but not `groceries`

hledger print cur:\\$ food not:groceries date:thismonth

Show transactions of amount 50 or more, with `whole foods` in their description

hledger print amt:'>50' desc:'whole foods'

Context

tldr-pages: common/hledger print

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