If it includes sufficient warnings about working on a copy and voiding your 
warranty, sure.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On May 7, 2023, at 6:02 PM, Bruce Schuck <bsch...@asgard-systems.com> wrote:
> 
> To the maintainers of the Wiki, would this be something perhaps helpful to 
> include in the section about stocks and commodities?
> 
> I can also add 'xmlstarlet' commands as an alternative to manually editing 
> the file.
> 
> - Bruce S.
> 
> On 05/07/23 15:12:21 EDT Bruce Schuck bschuck at asgard-systems.com wrote:
> 
> > Last time I switched en-masse (alphavantage to yahoo_json) I manually
> > edited my foobar.gnucash file. Worked like a charm.
> 
> ** Create a backup ** of foobar.gnucash before following these steps.
> Replace 'vim' with your preferred editor.
> 
> ~$ cp <pathtofile>/foobar.gnucash /tmp/foobar.gnucash.gz
> ~$ cd /tmp
> /tmp $ gunzip foobar.gnucash
> /tmp $ vim foobar.gnucash
> 
> In vim, change lines
> 
> <cmdty:quote_source>alphavantage</cmdty:quote_source>
> 
> to
> 
> <cmdty:quote_source>yahoo_json</cmdty:quote_source>
> 
> Save and exit
> 
> /tmp $ gzip foobar.gnucash
> /tmp $ cp foobar.gnucash.gz <pathtofile>/foobar.gnucash
> 
> > Run GnuCash, confirm quote sources for a random few securities.
> 
> > There is also a handy tool for editing XML files on the fly,
> > xmlstarlet. It can also be used to modify the uncompressed
> > .gnucash file.
> 
> - Bruce S.
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