You could easly write a wrapper script that applies your renames to another file and then runs your report on that. Always generate & delete the intermediate file.
Beancount's approach would be different: A plugin would be used to rewrite the account names in the transactions data structures directly. On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Mark Scannell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all -- > > Is it possible to apply a regular expression to rename accounts? > > I have a complex structure of three account sets, all with > Ass|Lia|Inc|Exp|Equ, and sub-categories in Assets (Current, Pension, and > Fixed). I'd like to apply a regular expression to re-order the structure of > the accounts for reporting purposes, without changing the underlying data. > > I know I can do this in the source data, but I'd rather not do that. > > Thanks! > > Mark > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
