Yes it it case sensitive. In your reg example you did not specify an account so it showed all.
ledger -f example.ledger reg Gro Would only show the capitalized Groceries account. On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 21:25 melbogia m <[email protected]> wrote: > I am a new user, trying to figure out ledger. Is ledger case sensitive > when it comes to account names? Consider this example file > > 2018-01-01 * transaction1 > Expenses:Groceries 10 USD > Assets:Income > > 2018-01-01 * transaction2 > Expenses:Groceries 10 USD > Assets:Income > > 2018-01-01 * transaction3 > Expenses:groceries 10 USD > Assets:Income > > Transaction1 and Transaction2 has "Groceries" while Transaction3 has > "groceries". When I look at the balance, ledger treats them as separate > accounts > > ledger -f example.ledger bal expenses:groceries > 30 USD Expenses > 20 USD Groceries > 10 USD groceries > -------------------- > 30 USD > > But when I look at the register, it appears that it does a case > insensitive match > > ledger -f example.ledger reg expenses:groceries > 18-Jan-01 transaction1 Expenses:Groceries > 10 USD 10 USD > 18-Jan-01 transaction2 Expenses:Groceries > 10 USD 20 USD > 18-Jan-01 transaction3 Expenses:groceries > 10 USD 30 USD > > From this, I gather that when I am adding transactions to ledger I need to > pay attention to case, right? > > -- > > --- > 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. > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ [image: missile_flyout] enderw88.wordpress.com -- --- 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.
