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date: 2020-07-04
id: 38f9bc4b-06de-4f23-9626-3e4dad348dd3
title: Ledger
---

# Common [Ledger](https://www.ledger-cli.org/) CLI Commands ([Source](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/agarrharr/03450c1be7f6b3d2b883c6b5e317d2aa/raw/4c5bfa57be1cd98a232e3f4bda0fcc2a51ba0862/index.md))

## Income vs expenses this month?

``` bash
ledger balance income expenses --period "this month"
```

## What did my budget look like at a certain date?

``` bash
ledger balance budget --end 2018-01-02
```

This is how it looked at the end of the day on Jan 1, 2018.

## How much is in the checking account right now?

``` bash
ledger balance checking
```

## What is our net worth?

``` bash
ledger balance ^assets ^liabilities --real
```

## How much money have we made?

``` bash
ledger balance income
```

## How much money have we made from our salaries?

``` bash
ledger balance income:salary
```

## How much do we spend each month on x?

``` bash
ledger register -M expenses:groceries:food
```

## Group transactions by payee

``` bash
ledger register --by-payee
```

## Only show uncleared transactions

``` bash
ledger register --uncleared
```

## Do I have enough budgeted to pay off my credit cards?

``` bash
ledger balance creditcard
```

It should be \$0.00. If it's not \$0.00, run this with different dates
to find the problem:

``` bash
ledger balance creditcard --end 2018-02-01
```

## Import

Change Chase checking from:

``` example
Details,Posting Date,Description,Amount,Type,Balance,Check or Slip #
```

to:

``` example
,Date,Payee,Amount,,,Code
```

Change Chase Credit Card from:

``` example
Type,Trans Date,Post Date,Description,Amount
```

to:

``` example
,Date,Posted,Payee,Amount
```

``` bash
ledger convert ~/Downloads/checking.CSV --input-date-format "%m/%d/%Y" --invert --account Assets:Checking --rich-data -f budget.ledger --auto-match --pager less
```

## Expenses each month (sorted)

``` bash
ledger -M --period-sort "(amount)" reg ^expenses
```

This will show all expenses, grouped by month and sorted by the amount.

## How much do we spend on credit cards each month?

``` bash
ledger -M -r --display 'account=~/creditcard/' reg ^expenses
```