hledger-args

This package is a replacement for hledger command file with additional features.

Basic Usage

• Save commands directly in the journal file using the custom directive format below.
• List available commands with --file option without additional name argument
• Pass multiple command names to output the reports
• Use option --pdf-file to save the reports as pdf

Interactive Mode

Select the report from a menu using the flag --interactive.

Using placeholders as below, the user can create a report asking multiple additional information on runtime that read the journal files to provide fuzzy search autocompletion, validation and other conveniences.

Placeholder Command Substitution

In Interactive Mode only, a command can use placeholders by putting them between curly braces and additional prompts wil ask for the value and do the proper substitution.

For example, {example_placeholder} will ask for this value and substitute where it is located in the command saved in the journal file.

Some placehoder's name offers additional features

Special Placeholders

• {account} : Fuzzy search existing accounts
• {payee} : Fuzzy search existing payees
• {cur} : Fuzzy search existing commodities
• {tag} : Fuzzy search existing tags and values
• {tag_name}: Search tag name after "_" and fuzzy search existing values for this tag
• {months} : Prompt initial and end dates both inclusive. Diferent from default hledger
• {type} : Select between accounts type

Shell Commands

Commands name using {shell_name} doesn't run hledger by default. It can accept any shell command and receive aditional data from TUI programs with dialog, menus, etc.

Placeholder [file] subtitute for the path of the first file informed with --file option.

Can not save to pdf file. Only output to stdout.

Sub directive format

#+args [command name]:[hledger options]
#+args [other command_name]:[other hledger options]

Example:

#+args buy_aapl:bal desc:\"Buy AAPL\"
#+args aapl_cur:bal desc:\"Buy AAPL\" cur:{commodity}

---

[NAME]: Command names to run saved in the journal sub directives. Not available in Interactive mode

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Options

                                                                               
╭─ Options ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                                                              │
│  *   --file          -f   Pass the journal file path. Can be multiple files  │
│                           (TEXT)                                             │
│                           [required]                                         │
│                                                                              │
│      --interactive   -i   Run in interactive mode by answering prompts.      │
│                           [NAME] is not used in this mode.                   │
│                                                                              │
│      --pdf-file      -o   output the report to the specified file in pdf     │
│                           (FILE)                                             │
│                                                                              │
│      NAME                 (TEXT)                                             │
│                                                                              │
│      --help          -h   Show this message and exit.                        │
│                                                                              │
╰──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Installation

Dependencies

• python 3.8
• hledger

Installation command

pip install --upgrade hledger-args