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@dpreacher@fedi.absturztau.be

2026-06-06 05:25 UTC

`hledger bal -t --drop=1 -D -T -A -N --pretty-tables Expenses` hledger is pretty cool and the more i dig into the built in help and the flags and switches, it just keeps me surprising me in the most joyful way. what do the switches here do? 1. -t for tree style display of accounts and subaccounts 2. --drop=1 since my top level is Expenses, it will just show the overall totals anyways. 3. -D for day by day multi column report of account balances in the current month by default 4. -T print the row wise totals. this means the total spent in a particular account across all the days from start of month till date by default 5. -A same as -T but for row wise averages. 6. -N this is optional and to remove the final total row. try with on or off. in this case, i could have also instead removed --drop=1 and that row would have shown the day wise Expenses totals as well. 7. --pretty-tables uses unicode characters for a better looking tabular output. lots more flags to go through, but this itself was so useful to see trends at a glance. Thank you @simonmic for letting me feel cool using the terminal. Love the project #pta #plaintextaccounting #hledger #tips

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