Hello, I have found that the leger "print" command filters out the "balance assertions". Actually I am using "print" as a pretty printer to reformat my input file after modification by hand. I would have expected that "balance assertions" are kept from "print" input file. Thierry
$ cat test_15.ledger 2008/12/31 Interest Assets:Brokerage $800.00 Income:Somewhere 2008/12/31 Interest Assets:Brokerage $200.00 = $1,000.00 Income:Somewhere $ ledger -f test_15.ledger print 2008/12/31 Interest Assets:Brokerage $800.00 Income:Somewhere 2008/12/31 Interest Assets:Brokerage $200.00 Income:Somewhere $ ledger -v Ledger master-0-g5471370, the command-line accounting tool