;doc: update CLI usage texts

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Simon Michael 2023-01-25 11:59:05 -10:00
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@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ accounts - use register for reviewing detailed revenues/expenses.
aregister requires one argument: the account to report on. You can write
either the full account name, or a case-insensitive regular expression
which will select the alphabetically first matched account. (Eg if you
have assets:aaa:checking and assets:bbb:checking accounts,
hledger areg checking would select assets:aaa:checking.)
which will select the alphabetically first matched account.
When there are multiple matches, the alphabetically-first choice can be
surprising; eg if you have assets:per:checking 1 and
assets:biz:checking 2 accounts, hledger areg checking would select
assets:biz:checking 2. It's just a convenience to save typing, so if in
doubt, write the full account name, or a distinctive substring that
matches uniquely.
Transactions involving subaccounts of this account will also be shown.
aregister ignores depth limits, so its final total will always match a

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@ -75,11 +75,10 @@ output parseable.
With -B/--cost, amounts with costs are converted to cost using that
price. This can be used for troubleshooting.
With -m DESC/--match=DESC, print does a fuzzy search for the one
transaction whose description is most similar to DESC, also preferring
recent tranactions. DESC should contain at least two characters. If
there is no similar-enough match, no transaction will be shown and the
program exit code will be non-zero.
With -m DESC/--match=DESC, print does a fuzzy search for one recent
transaction whose description is most similar to DESC. DESC should
contain at least two characters. If there is no similar-enough match, no
transaction will be shown and the program exit code will be non-zero.
With --new, hledger prints only transactions it has not seen on a
previous run. This uses the same deduplication system as the import

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@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ will be adjusted outward if necessary to contain a whole number of
intervals. This ensures that the first and last intervals are full
length and comparable to the others in the report.
With -m DESC/--match=DESC, register does a fuzzy search for one recent
posting whose description is most similar to DESC. DESC should contain
at least two characters. If there is no similar-enough match, no posting
will be shown and the program exit code will be non-zero.
Custom register output
register uses the full terminal width by default, except on windows. You