Wrapper around ledger-cli for generating standard reports.
The following command will install the node-books executables, making the program and its subcommands available for use from any shell.
$ npm install -g node-books
node-books provides a number of commands for producing "standard" financial reports using the ledger command-line accounting tool. These reports serve my particular needs. I am not an accountant and no warranty is implied regarding their suitability for any purpose other than your own entertainment.
node-books uses tjholowaychuk's commander.js package to provide a subcommand system similar to that used by the git executable.
$ books
Usage: books [options] [command]
Commands:
bs Show balance sheet
pl Show profit and loss
job Show books for jobs
check Check ledger file for consistent references
help [cmd] display help for [cmd]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
Discussion:
books is a simple wrapper for ledger-cli.
Use the -v switch on any command to see the ledger command executed
Help for a particular subcommand is available with the --help switch:
$ books bs --help
Usage: books-bs [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-f, --ledger-file <filename> The ledger file to process [books.ledger]
-c, --company <string> Company name to use on report [Company]
-v, --verbose Be verbose
-h, --highlight Highlight errors and warnings (instead of ledger outputs)
-X, --commodity [commodity] The commodity to report in [$]
-p, --pedantic Halt on errors
-s, --strict Show warnings
-b, --begin-date [date] start date
-e, --end-date [date] The date for which to report the balance sheet [today]
-m, --method [method] The accounting method to use [cash]