We have a winner! ledger bal --format "%(quantity(strip(display_total)))\n" --collapse Assets --limit "commodity == 'VIFSX'" 250.0000
Thanks. I hadn't tried --collapse (-n) correctly! On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 11:11, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> wrote: > Doesn't adding -n do what you want? Or possibly "-n Assets". > > > * Craig Earls <[email protected]> [2011-10-30 10:53]: > > Thanks, that's getting closer. I really want the output to be a single > > line showing only the total number of shares (and the commodity if I > can't > > avoid it) e.g. > > > > > ledger bal --limit "commodity == 'VIFSX'" > > 250.0000 > > > > or > > > > > ledger bal --limit "commodity == 'VIFSX'" > > 250.0000 VIFSX > > > > > > If I try to control it using a format statement > > > > 10:50:17 ~/FinanceData > ledger bal -l "commodity == 'VIFSX'" --format > > "%(strip(display_total))\n" > > 250.0000 VIFSX > > 125.0000 VIFSX > > 125.0000 VIFSX > > 250.0000 VIFSX > > > > Which reflects the sub accounts. I suppose I could just ignore all but > the > > first line, but there must be a way to limit it to the top level account. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:07, Peter Keen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Try this: > > > > > > ledger bal -l 'commodity == "VIFSX"' > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 9:01 AM, Craig Earls <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >> This returns nothing for me > > >> > > >> 08:58:30 ~/FinanceData > ledger bal -l "commodity = 'VIFSX'" > > >> 08:58:44 ~/FinanceData > ledger bal -l "commodity = VIFSX" > > >> 08:58:50 ~/FinanceData > > > >> > > >> I have several shares of VIFSX reported in the balance report. This > is > > >> for ledger 3.0 > > >> > > >> > > >> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 01:59, Martin Michlmayr <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> > > >>> * Craig Earls <[email protected]> [2011-10-29 21:36]: > > >>> > This is killing me and it should be simple. I want to have ledger > > >>> > tell me how much of a particular commodity I have? > > >>> > > >>> ledger -f - bal -l "commodity = 'AUD'" > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Martin Michlmayr > > >>> http://www.cyrius.com/ > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > > >> enderw88.wordpress.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > > enderw88.wordpress.com > > -- > Martin Michlmayr > http://www.cyrius.com/ > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com
