From 3b6d00ff9a44fbbb97903b3f8d3077c48ac03945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Michael Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 14:01:28 -1000 Subject: [PATCH] ;doc:scripts:sortandmergepostings: edit --- bin/README.md | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bin/README.md b/bin/README.md index 59d7149a3..e83fffb0f 100644 --- a/bin/README.md +++ b/bin/README.md @@ -202,8 +202,7 @@ is an adventuresome awk script intended to clean up and merge similar postings i (see [original discussion](https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/526995/re-order-lines-and-merge-others-based-on-a-specific-criteria/527004)). It sorts postings so that positive ones are first, negative ones last. Within each sign, postings are sorted alphabetically by account name. -Lastly it facilitates merging postings on transactions with more than one posting in the same direction on the same account. -This works by removing the duplicates and cleaning the amount field for at-most one account per run +Lastly if there are multiple postings to the same account in the same direction, it tries to merge them (by leaving some amounts blank). Piping the output to `hledger print` can recalculate the missing amounts. Multiple runs might be needed to clean up all duplicates. ```cli