I’m using Ledger to manage the finances of my micro companies. Here are a few of the commands I use frequently.
Show all balances
ledger bal
Show register for specific account
ledger reg Equity:Capital
Clean a bank statement
sed 's/\\/\\\\/g' 2025-02-example.csv > 2025-02-example-clean.csv
Import a bank statement
ledger convert ./csv/2025-02-example.csv --input-date-format "%m/%d/%Y" --account "Assets:NBKC Bank:Checking" >> ledger.dat
Written by Joel Dare on February 19, 2025.
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