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Ledger is a robust, double-entry accounting system designed for UNIX command-line use. Developed since 2003 by John Wiegley and licensed under BSD, it provides text-based financial management with powerful reporting capabilities. Track transactions, generate balances, and analyze account histories efficiently.
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Ledger is a powerful, double-entry accounting system accessed from the UNIX command-line. It was begun in 2003 and is written by John Wiegley under the BSD license.
To get started, add transactions to a text file in Ledger’s own textual format. For example, a transaction might look like: '2015/10/12 Exxon Expenses:Auto:Gas $10.00 Liabilities:MasterCard $-10.00'.
You use the ledger command-line program with the balance option. For example: '$ ledger -f example.dat balance'.
You can use the register option with the ledger command-line program. For example: '$ ledger -f example.dat register Expenses'.
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