Hledger / Show Monthly Revenues Expenses
Show Monthly Revenues Expenses
Provide a summary of monthly revenues and expenses with hledger.
hledger is -M hledger is -M #!/bin/bash
# Show Monthly Revenues Expenses
hledger {{[is|incomestatement]}} {{[-M|--monthly]}} import subprocess
# Show Monthly Revenues Expenses
# Make sure to replace <placeholders> with actual values
def run_command():
cmd = [
"hledger",
"is",
"-M"
]
try:
print(f"Executing: {' '.join(cmd)}")
subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
print(f"Error: {e}")
except FileNotFoundError:
print("Error: hledger not found. Please install it first.")
if __name__ == "__main__":
run_command() When To Use
During budget forecasting or financial performance evaluations to analyze monthly fluctuations.
Pro Tip
Use aggregation flags for refined summaries; performance may degrade with large datasets without optimizations.
Anatomy of Output
Understanding the result
January 2023: Total Income $15,000.00 January Income Total income calculated for January.
February 2023: Total Income $18,000.00 February Income Total income calculated for February.
January 2023: Total Expenses $5,000.00 January Expenses Total expenses calculated for January.
February 2023: Total Expenses $7,000.00 February Expenses Total expenses calculated for February.
Power User Variants
Optimized versions
hledger incomestatement -M --period this_year Monthly income for the current year.
hledger incomestatement -M --period last_year Monthly income for the previous year.
Troubleshooting
Common pitfalls
Error: no data found for the specified month
Solution: Verify the ledger entries are correct for the month.
Error: unsupported period format
Solution: Use recognized formats such as YYYY-MM.
Error: cannot parse ledger file
Solution: Ensure the ledger file is correctly formatted.
Command Breakdown
What each part is doing
-
hledger - Base Command
- The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Hledger before the shell applies any redirect operators.
-
is - is|incomestatement
- The value supplied for is|incomestatement.
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-M - M| monthly
- The value supplied for M| monthly.
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-M - Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
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