addtrans - interactively add transactions to a ledger file
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Description
addtrans is a graphical application for quickly adding new transactions to a ledger file.
A tutorial for using this program, with screenshots, is available at
/usr/share/doc/ledgerhelpers/addtrans.html
The program must be supplied with locations of the ledger and price database files to work with. The
location of each file is determined independently, using the following mechanisms, in this order. The
first mechanism which yields a result, wins.
Environment
The following environment variables are recognized by this program:
LEDGER_FILE
Path to ledger file to work with.
LEDGER_PRICE_DB
Path to ledger price database to work with.
Files
The config file for ledger(1), namely file .ledgerrc in user's home directory is scanned looking for the
following options.
--fileFILE
Path to ledger file to work with.
--price-dbPRICEDB
Path to ledger price database to work with.
Name
addtrans - interactively add transactions to a ledger file
Options
-h, --help Show help message and exit.
--fileFILE
Specify path to ledger file to work with.
--price-dbPRICEDB
Specify path to ledger price database to work with.
--debug
Turn on debugging output, may be useful for developers.
See Also
ledger(1), cleartrans-cli(1), sellstock-cli(1), sorttrans-cli(1), withdraw-cli(1). A tutorial for using this program, with screenshots, is available at /usr/share/doc/ledgerhelpers/addtrans.html November 11 2022 addtrans(1)
Synopsis
addtrans [options]
