An Introduction to Tracking Transactions with Ledger CLI

Introduction Ledger CLI is an open source command line accounting tool used for calculating reports from a ledger (a file containing a list of transactions for different accounts). With Ledger CLI you are able to view a register (a list of transactions), balance of accounts, budget report, etc. In this post, I’ll be going over defining a basic ledger and calculating balance and register reports. Prerequisites Essential Ledger CLI Optional VS Code I know: a text editor for a command line tool?...

December 14, 2019 · 7 min · Danilo Herrera