I should have asked what version you were using. My answer in only valid for 3.0
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 06:19, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote: > In ledger 3 you need to give --sort a value expression to sort on. > > Some thing like > > ledger bal --sort "abs(amount)" --flat > > the flat argument overides allows it to sort subaccount by value rather > than the account at each hierarchical level. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 23, 2011 at 22:29, Peter Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would like to sort my income and expenses report by absolute value >> of account, largest to smallest. >> >> I believe the following command line is correct >> >> ledger --sort -UT bal income expenses >> >> and I get the following output >> >> $ ledger --sort -UT bal income expenses >> While evaluating value expression: >> UT >> ^^ >> Error: Unknown identifier 'UT' >> >> $ ledger --sort -T bal income expenses >> >> works as expected. >> >> Is this a bug or a misunderstanding on my part? >> > > > > -- > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > enderw88.wordpress.com > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com
