/GSWL-book

This repository contains the content of the book Getting Started With Ledger.

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Getting Started With Ledger - The Book

Getting Started With Ledger is an introductory book for the excellent command line accounting tool Ledger.

The book covers:

  • The basics of (double entry) accounting.
  • Installing & running basic Ledger.
  • Setting up a fully automatic environment for production use.
  • Integrating external data (CSV from banks etc.) into the journal.
  • Generating the usual reports about one's financial situation automatically.
  • Advanced topics like automated transactions (briefly).

Get the book

Go the the Releases page and download the PDF file.

Get the latest version

$ mkdir -p ~/src && cd ~/src
$ git clone https://github.com/rolfschr/GSWL-book.git
$ cd GSWL-book
$ make pdf # use pandoc to generate LaTeX & PDF file