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Fix documentation typos in section 4.9 (Archiving)
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Craig Earls 2016-06-17 21:33:24 -07:00 • committed by GitHub
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@ -2714,14 +2714,17 @@ that make it very simple: @command{print}, and @command{equity}.
Let's take an example file, with data ranging from year 2000 until
2004. We want to archive years 2000 and 2001 to their own file,
leaving just 2003 and 2004 in the current file. So, use
@command{print} to output all the earlier transactions to a file
called @file{ledger-old.dat}:
leaving 2002--2004 in the current file. So, use @command{print} to
output all the earlier transactions to a file called
@file{ledger-old.dat}:
@smallexample
$ ledger -f ledger.dat -b 2000 -e 2001 print > ledger-old.dat
$ ledger -f ledger.dat -b 2000 -e 2002 print > ledger-old.dat
@end smallexample
Note that @option{-e} limits output to transactions @emph{before} the
date specified.
To delete older data from the current ledger file, use @command{print}
again, this time specifying year 2002 as the starting date: