hledger/hledger-ui/hledger-ui.1
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.TH "hledger\-ui" "1" "October 2015" "" "hledger User Manuals"
.SH NAME
.PP
hledger\-ui \- curses\-style interface for the hledger accounting tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[C]hledger\-ui\ [OPTIONS]\ [QUERYARGS]\f[]
.PD 0
.P
.PD
\f[C]hledger\ ui\ \-\-\ [OPTIONS]\ [QUERYARGS]\f[]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
hledger is a cross\-platform program for tracking money, time, or any
other commodity, using double\-entry accounting and a simple, editable
file format.
hledger is inspired by and largely compatible with ledger(1).
.PP
hledger\-ui is hledger\[aq]s curses\-style interface.
It reads a hledger journal file (~/.hledger.journal, $LEDGER_FILE, or
\-f FILE) and provides a simple full\-screen console interface for
viewing account balances and transactions.
It is simpler and more efficient for browsing than the hledger CLI, but
lighter and faster than hledger\-web.
.PP
The journal file is \f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[], \f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[],
or another file specified with \-f.
For more about the format, see hledger(1) or hledger_journal(5).
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
Note: if invoking hledger\-ui as a hledger subcommand, write
\f[C]\-\-\f[] before options as shown above.
.PP
Any QUERYARGS are interpreted as a hledger search query which filters
the data.
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-flat\f[]
show full account names, unindented
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-no\-elide\f[]
don\[aq]t compress empty parent accounts on one line
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-register=ACCTREGEX\f[]
start in the (first) matched account\[aq]s register screen
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-theme=default|terminal|greenterm\f[]
use this custom display theme
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-V\ \-\-value\f[]
show amounts as their current market value in their default valuation
commodity (accounts screen only)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-h\ \-\-help\f[]
show help
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-version\f[]
show version information
.RS
.RE
.SS hledger options:
.PP
The following common hledger options should also work:
.TP
.B \f[C]\-f\ FILE\ \-\-file=FILE\f[]
use a different input file.
For stdin, use \-
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-rules\-file=RULESFILE\f[]
Conversion rules file to use when reading CSV (default: FILE.rules)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-alias=OLD=NEW\f[]
display accounts named OLD as NEW
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-ignore\-assertions\f[]
ignore any failing balance assertions in the journal
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-debug=N\f[]
show debug output if N is 1\-9 (default: 0)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-b\ \-\-begin=DATE\f[]
include postings/txns on or after this date
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-e\ \-\-end=DATE\f[]
include postings/txns before this date
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-p\ \-\-period=PERIODEXP\f[]
set start date, end date, and/or reporting interval all at once
(overrides the flags above)
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-date2\ \-\-aux\-date\f[]
use postings/txns\[aq] secondary dates instead
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-C\ \-\-cleared\f[]
include only cleared postings/txns
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-pending\f[]
include only pending postings/txns
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-U\ \-\-uncleared\f[]
include only uncleared (and pending) postings/txns
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-R\ \-\-real\f[]
include only non\-virtual postings
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-\-depth=N\f[]
hide accounts/postings deeper than N
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-E\ \-\-empty\f[]
show empty/zero things which are normally omitted
.RS
.RE
.TP
.B \f[C]\-B\ \-\-cost\f[]
show amounts in their cost price\[aq]s commodity
.RS
.RE
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
\f[B]LEDGER_FILE\f[] sets the default journal file path.
If not set, it is \f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[].
.PP
\f[B]COLUMNS\f[] sets the screen width to use (normally the full
terminal width).
.SH FILES
.PP
Reads data from a hledger journal file (\f[C]$LEDGER_FILE\f[] or
\f[C]~/.hledger.journal\f[] by default), or a CSV file plus associated
CSV rules file.
.SH BUGS
.PP
The need to precede options with \f[C]\-\-\f[] when invoked from hledger
is awkward.
.PP
\f[C]\-f\-\f[] doesn\[aq]t work (hledger\-ui can\[aq]t read from stdin).
.PP
\f[C]\-V\f[] doesn\[aq]t affect the register screen.
.PP
If you reload while in the register screen, when you return to the
accounts screen it will be showing old data, and pressing g again will
not reload it; you must adjust depth to force it (eg press 0).
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs at http://bugs.hledger.org.
.SH AUTHORS
Simon Michael <simon@joyful.com>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007-2015 Simon Michael.
.br
Released under GNU GPLv3+.
.SH SEE ALSO
hledger(1), hledger\-ui(1), hledger\-web(1), ledger(1)
.br
hledger_csv(5), hledger_journal(5), hledger_timelog(5)
For more information, see http://hledger.org.