Hmm. It would be nice if the metadata produced by the parser contained both the starting and end line. This way you wouldn't have to do any parsing to extract the original text.
I'll put that on the list for v3 changes. On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 12:51 PM Manuel Amador (Rudd-O) <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is some code to do mostly that. Use is to run it with Python 3, > first argument is source file, second argument is output file for matched > transactions, third is output file for non-matched transactions, and the > fourth and so on are text strings that, if found, will add to the matched, > and if not found, will add to the non-matched output. > > #!/usr/bin/python3 > > import sys > > matchers = sys.argv[4:] > infile = open(sys.argv[1], "r") > chunk = None > lastone = None > > def match(text): > return all (m in text for m in matchers) > > > def start_condition(line): > return line.startswith("20") or line.startswith(";") > > def end_condition(line): > return not bool(line.rstrip("\n")) > > > with open(sys.argv[2], "w") as matched: > with open(sys.argv[3], "w") as notmatched: > for line in infile: > if chunk is not None: > chunk += line > if end_condition(line): > # Chunk over. We print. > lastone = (matched if match(chunk) else notmatched) > lastone.write(chunk) > chunk = None > else: > if start_condition(line): > chunk = line > else: > matched.write(line) > notmatched.write(line) > > if chunk is not None: > (matched if match(chunk) else notmatched).write(chunk) > > > > On 20/12/2019 15.30, nug get wrote: > > thanks, a python script would probably do it in the end. > is there a beancount function that would return all objects in my ledger > file as list or something? Writing that myself would be beyond my current > capabilities, or of irresponsible effort timewise :) > > > > On Friday, 20 December 2019 13:57:54 UTC+1, Martin Blais wrote: >> >> You will want to write a little python script. >> I would operate on source code, not on the data structures, so you keep >> the original formatting and metadata and comments >> >> On Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 06:59 nug get <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is there a feature that would allow me to sort the transactions in my >>> files, for example by date, or specific accounts? >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Background: >>> I migrated my 3 years of Gnucash records to beancount. It's all one long >>> list of transactions sorted by date. I'd like to separate my cash and bank >>> account transactions into two different files. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Beancount" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/4b6c37cd-dab7-4683-80fc-e6affac7e1ca%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/4b6c37cd-dab7-4683-80fc-e6affac7e1ca%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/a728b410-6f4d-4623-b7fb-e40d03eb0cf8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/a728b410-6f4d-4623-b7fb-e40d03eb0cf8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > Rudd-O > http://rudd-o.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Beancount" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/d117b6cb-67e1-3e59-1c39-928cee0672a7%40rudd-o.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/d117b6cb-67e1-3e59-1c39-928cee0672a7%40rudd-o.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/CAK21%2BhOeAp2Hisy_1bfZ68Cu8X8wpSPRAH12PzZkwkte6i2yVg%40mail.gmail.com.
