try this: ledger --sort "-abs(T)" Exp Inc
Craig On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 16:09, Peter Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote: > > So you want each hierarchical level sorted independently? It's an > > interesting report, what does it tell you? I am not completely clear on > how > > ledger uses the hierarchy when sorting. I have come up against a similar > > question myself in the past but didn't pursue it. I need to think about > > this. > > > I am more interested in how much I'm spending on food as a whole > rather than the individual compoents of it. Similarly for insurance, > or my car, etc., etc. > > This is what --sort -T does the only problem is that the income is the > wrong way around. > > > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:32, Peter Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Income -10,000 > >> Income:Salary -9000 > >> Income:Interest -1000 > >> Expenses: 4000 > >> Expenses:Food 3000 > >> Expenses:Food:Groceries 2900 > >> Expenses:Food:Dining Out 100 > >> Expenses:Other 1000 > >> > >> my example below outputs > >> > >> Expenses: 4000 > >> Expenses:Food 3000 > >> Expenses:Food:Groceries 2900 > >> Expenses:Food:Dining Out 100 > >> Expenses:Other 1000 > >> Income -10,000 > >> Income:Interest -1000 > >> Income:Salary -9000 > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:19 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > I don't completely understand what you are trying to accomplish. Can > >> > you > >> > post a simplified hand generated example of what report format you are > >> > trying to achieve? > >> > > >> > On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 14:10, Peter Ross <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:19 AM, 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. > >> >> > > >> >> Thanks, I am using version 3. However I don't want the flat output > >> >> but the hierachical output. > >> >> > >> >> I tried > >> >> > >> >> ledger --sort '-abs(total)' bal '^income' '^expenses' > >> >> > >> >> however the income which is greater than my expenses still appeared > at > >> >> the bottom and was sorted in the incorrect order. > >> >> > >> >> Is the above correct? > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > > enderw88.wordpress.com > > > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com
