gnucash-select is a simple desktop utility which you can run from your desktop environment (GNOME, KDE etc) to pop up a small GUI to view a list of your GnuCash files (XML format only).
gnucash-select is useful if you have more than one GnuCash file, particularly if you often open two or more of them in parallel. It iterates through your GnuCash directory and filters out your main financial files from within the many other backup, log, and other files which unfortunately GnuCash also places in that same directory. Alongside each GnuCash file, a count of the number of associated backup and log files is shown and also an indicator of whether that file is currently open in GnuCash or not. If the file is not currently open, you can click on the file name in the GUI to open it in GnuCash.
This utility was created on a Linux desktop. I am not sure how well it works on macOS or Windows, raise an issue here if necessary. The latest version and documentation is available at https://github.com/bulletmark/gnucash-select.
If you like this utility then you may be interested in another gnucash utility I created to update quote prices from the ASX, without using Finance::Quote.
NOTE: Arch users can just install gnucash-select from the AUR.
You need Python 3.7 or later, then install this software:
git clone https://github.com/bulletmark/gnucash-select.git
cd gnucash-select
sudo make install (or sudo ./gnucash-select-setup install)# cd to source dir, as above
git pull
sudo make install (or sudo ./gnucash-select-setup install)# cd to source dir, as above
sudo make uninstall (or sudo ./gnucash-select-setup uninstall)Type gnucash-select -h to view the usage summary:
usage: gnucash-select [-h] [-p PERIOD] [-r ROWS] [-g GTK_THEME] [-f FONT_SIZE]
[-P GNUCASH_PROGRAM]
GnuCash File Selector
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-p PERIOD, --period PERIOD
period in seconds at which to check directory, default
= 2
-r ROWS, --rows ROWS number of file rows displayed in table, default = 6
-g GTK_THEME, --gtk-theme GTK_THEME
GTK theme to use running gnucash, e.g. "Adwaita:light"
-f FONT_SIZE, --font-size FONT_SIZE
default font size, default=10
-P GNUCASH_PROGRAM, --gnucash-program GNUCASH_PROGRAM
path to GnuCash program, default is "gnucash"
Note you can set default starting options in $HOME/.config/gnucash-
select.conf.
Copyright (C) 2020 Mark Blakeney. This program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/ for more details.
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