The purpose of the
Ledger program is to make general journal accounting simple, by
keeping track of the balances for you. Your only job is to enter the
postings. If an individual posting does not balance, Ledger displays
an error and indicates the incorrect posting.
In summary, there are two aspects of Ledger use: updating the journal
data file, and using the Ledger tool to view the summarized result of
your transactions.
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Ledger: Command-Line Accounting In both cases the money goes to the ‘Groceries’ account, even though the payees were different. You can set up your accounts in any way you choose. Enter the beauty of computerized accounting. <span>The purpose of the Ledger program is to make general journal accounting simple, by keeping track of the balances for you. Your only job is to enter the postings. If an individual posting does not balance, Ledger displays an error and indicates the incorrect posting.1 In summary, there are two aspects of Ledger use: updating the journal data file, and using the Ledger tool to view the summarized result of your transactions. And just for the sake of example—as a starting point for those who want to dive in head-first—here are the journal transactions from above, formatted as the Ledger program wishes to see Summary
| status | not read | | reprioritisations | |
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| last reprioritisation on | | | suggested re-reading day | |
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| started reading on | | | finished reading on | |
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