gnucash-cli(1)

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NAME

6       gnucash-cli - command line tool to go with GnuCash
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SYNOPSIS

9       gnucash-cli [options] [ accounts.gnucash ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       gnucash-cli enables certain intraction with a gnucash datafile directly
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15       It has two modes: quotes mode and report mode.
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Quotes Mode (activated with --quotes <cmd>)

19       This mode has options to get online quotes for foreign  currencies  and
20       stocks in the given data file. It supports the following command:
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22       get    Retrieves online quotes. Note this requires Finance::Quote to be
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25              The get command takes the following options:
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27       --namespace=REGEXP
28              Regular expression determining which namespace commodities  will
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Report Mode (activated with --report <cmd>)

32       This  mode has options to work with reports in the given data file.  It
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35       run    Runs a report on the given data file.
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37              The run command takes the following options:
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39       --name=REPORT_NAME
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42       --export-type=TYPE
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General Options

46       --version
47              Show GnuCash version
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49       --help Show this help message
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51       --debug
52              Enable debugging mode: increasing logging to  provide  deep  de‐
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55       --extra
56              Enable extra/development/debugging features.
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58       --log  Log    level   overrides,   of   the   form   "log.ger.path={de‐
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63              File  to  log  into;  defaults  to  "/tmp/gnucash.trace"; can be
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FILES

67       ~/.gnucash/config.auto
68              Automatically generated per-user  configuration  file.   DO  NOT
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ENVIRONMENT

72       GNC_DEBUG
73              Enable  debugging output.  This allows you to turn on the debug‐
74              ging earlier in the startup process than you can with --debug.
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76       GUILE_LOAD_PATH
77              An override for the GnuCash scheme load path. You shouldn't need
78              to alter this.  For more information see the README file.
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80       GNC_MODULE_PATH
81              An  override  for  the GnuCash scheme load path for Gnucash mod‐
82              ules. You shouldn't need to alter this.   For  more  information
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BUGS

86       Please  report any bugs using the bug reporting form on the GnuCash web
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AUTHOR

98       Robert Merkel <rgmerk@mira.net> wrote this manpage.
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100       GnuCash  was written by Robin Clark, Linas Vepstas, and a cast of thou‐
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