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hledger add
hledger stats
hledger print # show transcactions
hledger registr # also show posting (increasing/decreasing)
hledger balance [--depth N]

If you cannot remember the commands above, remember this one:

hledger web

hledger uses double entry bookkeeping, thus every record is a transaction, which must be balanced. hledger uses positive and negative sign to indicate money is moving to or from an account. Use ACCOUNT:SUBACCOUNT for subaccount.

Journal file format

$ ls -l ~/.hledger.journal
-rw-rw-r-- 1 YOU YOU 74 Feb 12 08:10 /home/YOU/.hledger.journal
$ cat ~/.hledger.journal

2014/02/12 trip to the supermarket
    expenses           $10
    assets

Query expressions

print, register and balance can accept query expressions:

• regexp account
• desc:regexp description
• date:YYYY/MM/DD-YYYY/MM/DD