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#+TITLE: CL-Ledger

CL-Ledger is a Common Lisp port of the [[http://ledger-cli.org/][Ledger]] double-entry accounting system.

• Installation

The easiest way to install CL-Ledger is using [[https://www.quicklisp.org][Quicklisp]]:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (quicklisp:quickload "cl-ledger") #+END_SRC

If you want to work with the latest source code and need to install it manually, you will need the following libraries:

• alexandria
• cl-containers
• cl-ppcre
• local-time
• series

They can be installed easily using Quicklisp:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (quicklisp:quickload '("alexandria" "cl-containers" "cl-ppcre" "local-time" "series")) #+END_SRC

Now you need to get the source code and pull all of the projects relating to CL-Ledger:

#+BEGIN_SRC shell git clone https://github.com/ledger/cl-ledger.git cd cl-ledger git submodule init git submodule update #+END_SRC

The next step is to indicate your Common Lisp system where to load CL-Ledger from.

If you are using Quicklisp, you can add links to the /local-projects/ directory:

#+BEGIN_SRC shell cd /path/to/quicklisp/ cd local-projects ln -s /path/to/cl-ledger . ln -s /path/to/cl-ledger/cambl . ln -s /path/to/cl-ledger/periods . #+END_SRC

If you don't use Quicklisp, you can add the following contents to the initialization file of your Common Lisp implementation (e.g. ~/.sbclrc for SBCL):

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (push "/path/to/cl-ledger/" asdf:central-registry)

(dolist (project '("cambl/" "periods/")) (push (merge-pathnames project "/path/to/cl-ledger/") asdf:central-registry)) #+END_SRC

Make sure you change ~/path/to/cl-ledger/~ to be the directory where CL-Ledger lives. Also, be sure this pathname ends with a slash! In CL, directory names always end with /.

Now you can run CL-Ledger at the REPL like this:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (asdf:load-system "cl-ledger") #+END_SRC

This compiles and loads the CL-Ledger core, and also the textual parser package, for parsing standard Ledger text files.

• Basic commands

Once in the REPL, try out this command:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (ledger:register-report "/path/to/cl-ledger/doc/sample.dat") #+END_SRC

You should see a register printed representing the contents of /sample.dat/. You can constrain this report using keyword modifiers:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (ledger:register-report "/path/to/cl-ledger/doc/sample.dat" :account "books") #+END_SRC

CL-Ledger only reads the file on the first run, and if it changes, so feel free to repeat the same command several times even for large journal files.

The following reports are supported:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (ledger:register-report "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) (ledger:balance-report "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) (ledger:print-report "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) (ledger:equity-report "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) (ledger:sexp-report "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) (ledger:csv-report "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) (ledger:derive-entry "/path/to/file" [OPTIONS]) #+END_SRC

As for /OPTIONS/, any of the following keyword pairs is allowed. There are some extra options allowed for ~derive-entry~, for which please see below.

|-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | Keyword | Description | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :account "REGEXP" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :not-account "REGEXP" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :payee "REGEXP" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :not-payee "REGEXP" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :note "REGEXP" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :not-note "REGEXP" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :begin "YYYY/MM/DD" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :end "YYYY/MM/DD" | | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :range "RANGE EXPRESSION" | a range expression, like "this month" | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :period "PERIOD EXPRESSION" | like "every month this year" | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :expr "VALUE-EXPR" | most Ledger 2.x value exprs allowed | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :limit "VALUE-EXPR" | the same as 2.x's --limit or -l | | | this is a convenience alias for :expr | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :only "VALUE-EXPR" | the same as 2.x's --only | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :display "VALUE-EXPR" | the same as 2.x's -d or --display | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :status KEYWORD | only report transactions whose status | | | is :CLEARED, :PENDING or :UNCLEARED | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :sort "VALUE-EXPR" | sort based on VALUE-EXPR calculation | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :no-total BOOL | don't show totals | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :collapse BOOL | collapse multiline entries | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :subtotal BOOL | group all transactions by account | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :invert BOOL | negate all transaction values | | | (same as saying :amount "-a") | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :related BOOL | show "other" transactions of each entry | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :lots BOOL | show all commodity lot information | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :lot-prices BOOL | show commodity lot prices | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :lot-dates BOOL | show commodity lot dates | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :lot-tags BOOL | show commodity lot tags | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :amount "VALUE-EXPR" | use EXPR to display transaction amounts | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :total "VALUE-EXPR" | use EXPR to display the running total | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :set-amount "VALUE-EXPR" | instead of :amount, actually represent | | | the amount using EXPR (this is rarely | | | something you want to do) | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :set-total "VALUE-EXPR" | same for the running total | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :bridge-totals BOOL | if the running totals are not contiguous | | | create revaluation entries to fill gaps | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :show OUTPUT-MODE | show amounts and totals using the given mode | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :show :market | .. in terms of their market value | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------| | :show :basis | .. in terms of their basis cost | |-----------------------------+----------------------------------------------|

Here's a quick table for translating Ledger 2.6.1 options into their corresponding CL-Ledger keywords:

|-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | Short option | Long option | CL-Ledger keyword | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -b ARG | --begin ARG | :begin ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -e ARG | --end ARG | :end ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -p ARG | --period ARG | :period ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -l ARG | --limit ARG | :limit ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | | --only ARG | :only ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -d ARG | --display ARG | :display ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -n (for balances) | | :no-total t | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -n | --collapse | :collapse t | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -r | --related | :related t | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -s | --subtotal | :subtotal t | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -S EXPR | --sort ARG | :sort ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------| | -t EXPR | --sort-entries ARG | :sort-entries ARG | |-------------------+--------------------+-------------------|

Here are a few examples, using /sample.dat/ as a reference:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (ledger:balance-report "doc/sample.dat") => $1,980.00 50 AAPL Assets $1,980.00 Bank:Checking 50 AAPL Brokerage $-2,500.00 Equity:Opening Balances $40.00 Expenses:Books $-1,000.00 Income:Salary $-20.00 Liabilities:MasterCard

    $-1,500.00
       50 AAPL

(ledger:balance-report "doc/sample.dat" :account "Assets") => $1,980.00 50 AAPL Assets $1,980.00 Bank:Checking 50 AAPL Brokerage

     $1,980.00
       50 AAPL

(ledger:register-report "doc/sample.dat" :begin "2004/05/10" :end "2004/05/28") => 2004/05/14 Pay day Assets:Bank:Checking $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Income:Salary $-1,000.00 $0.00 2004/05/27 Book Store Expenses:Books $20.00 $20.00 Liabilities:MasterCard $-20.00 $0.00 2004/05/27 Credit card company Liabilities:MasterCard $20.00 $20.00 Assets:Bank:Checking $-20.00 $0.00

(ledger:register-report "doc/sample.dat" :limit "commodity=(1 AAPL)" :total "V") => 2004/05/01 Investment balance Assets:Brokerage 50 AAPL $1,500.00 #+END_SRC

• Options to /derive-entry/

The reporting command ~derive-entry~ takes some special options.

The /derive-entry/ report uses CL-Ledger to intelligently create a new entry for you. The possible keywords arguments are:

• ~:date~
• ~:payee~
• ~:account~
• ~:balance-account~
• ~:amount~
• ~:append~

Except for ~:payee~, all of these keyword arguments are optional. Here is what they mean:

|---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | Keyword | Description | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | :payee "REGEXP" | Find the most recent entry whose payee matches | | | REGEXP, and base the new entry derivation on | | | its details. If no matching entry can be found, | | | the payee of the newly created entry will | | | exactly match REGEXP. | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | :date "DATE-STRING" | The date of the new entry will be DATE-STRING, | | | otherwise it is today. | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | :account "REGEXP" | Set the first account line in the new entry to | | | be the most recently used account which matches | | | REGEXP. If no such account can be found, an | | | account named REGEXP is used. If no account is | | | specified, the account "Expenses:Unknown" is | | | used. | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | :balance-account "REGEXP" | Like :ACCOUNT, except this refers to the | | | account used for the second transaction in the | | | newly derived entry. If not specified, a | | | calculated "balance account" is looked for in | | | the matching entry; if this does not apply, the | | | journal's default account is used; if this does | | | not apply, the account "Assets:Unknown" is used. | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | :amount "VALUE-STRING" | The amount of the first transaction. If it has | | | no commodity, the correlated commodity from the | | | discovered entry is used. | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------| | :append BOOL | If non-NIL, the new entry is written to the same | | | journal where the matching entry was found (for | | | a binder that references many journals, this is | | | whichever file the discovered entry was in). | |---------------------------+--------------------------------------------------|

Here are a few examples, using /sample.dat/ as a reference:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (ledger:derive-entry "doc/sample.dat" :payee "book") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Expenses:Books $20.00 Liabilities:MasterCard

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :amount "$125") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Expenses:Books $125.00 Liabilities:MasterCard

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "Hello World") => 2007/12/04 Hello World Expenses:Unknown Assets:Unknown

(ledger:derive-entry :date "2004/01/01" :payee "Hello World") => 2004/01/01 Hello World Expenses:Unknown Assets:Unknown

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :account "equ") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Equity:Opening Balances $20.00 Liabilities:MasterCard

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :account "Who Knows") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Who Knows $20.00 Liabilities:MasterCard

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :balance-account "bank") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Expenses:Books $20.00 Assets:Bank:Checking

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :account "liab" :balance-account "bank") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Liabilities:MasterCard $-20.00 Assets:Bank:Checking

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :account "bank" :amount "50") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Assets:Bank:Checking $50.00 Liabilities:MasterCard

(ledger:derive-entry :payee "book" :account "bank" :amount "$125") => 2007/12/04 Book Store Assets:Bank:Checking $125.00 Liabilities:MasterCard #+END_SRC

• Date format

The date format used in your journal file can be specified either using the ~input-time-format~ variable (by default: "%Y/%m/%d%| %H:%M:%S"), or by writing a ~F~ command directive at the beginning of the journal:

#+BEGIN_SRC F %Y-%m-%d

2017-09-01 * Some payee Some account 45,18 EUR Some other account #+END_SRC

The date format used in reports can be specified using the ~output-time-format~ variable (by default: "%Y/%m/%d").

• Binder caching

After the call to ~binder~, the variable ~last-binder~ contains the contents of what was read. From that point forward, if no binder or string is passed to the reporting function, they will assume you wish to report on the contents of ~last-binder~.

• Implementations status

Here is how CL-Ledger stands up against current Lisp implementations:

|----------------+---------------+--------------------------------| | Implementation | Version | Status | |----------------+---------------+--------------------------------| | SBCL | 1.3.21 | WORKS | | LispWorks | 5.02 Personal | WORKS | | Allegro CL | 10.0 Express | WORKS | | Clozure CL | 1.11 | WORKS | | OpenMCL | 2007-07-22 | Fails to compile LOCAL-TIME | | ECL | 2007-12-07 | WORKS | | ABCL | 1.5.0 | Fails to compile CL-LEDGER | | CLISP | 2.49 | Fails to compile CL-CONTAINERS | | CMUCL | 19d (2007-11) | Fails to compile PERIODS | | GCL | 2.6.7 | | |----------------+---------------+--------------------------------|

• Series

For fans of the Series library, you can apply ~scan-transactions~ or ~scan-entries~ to a binder/account/journal/entry in order to produce a /series/ of the corresponding type. Example:

#+BEGIN_SRC lisp (collect (ledger:scan-transactions (ledger:read-journal "doc/sample.dat"))) => [a list of all transactions, in sequence, within sample.dat] #+END_SRC

• Command line

You can build a standalone /cl-ledger/ binary using the /Makefile/:

#+BEGIN_SRC shell make LISP=sbcl cl-ledger -f doc/sample.dat balance #+END_SRC

You can also use the [[https://github.com/roswell/roswell][Roswell]] script /cl-ledger.ros/ in the /roswell/ directory to use CL-Ledger from the command line:

#+BEGIN_SRC shell cl-ledger.ros -f doc/sample.dat balance #+END_SRC