Martin,

I do need to check out more beancount one day.

I'm now trying something like this:
ledger -f main.ledger --limit xyz print | <potential filtering> | ledger -f 
- -f prices.ledger --display xyz bal

Then I can just use sed or whatever I'd like.

Mark


On Saturday, 2 January 2016 21:35:59 UTC, Martin Blais wrote:
>
> 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] 
> <javascript:>> 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
>>
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