ledger:tldr:6b801
ledger: Print a balance report showing totals.
$ ledger balance --file ${path-to-ledger-journal}
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This command is used to check the current balance of a ledger using the specified journal file.
The command starts with "ledger balance" which instructs the ledger software to calculate the balance.
The "--file" flag is used to indicate that the path to the ledger journal should be provided.
"${path-to-ledger-journal}" is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual file path of the ledger journal. It should be the file where all the transactions of the ledger are recorded.
By executing this command, the ledger software will read the transactions from the specified journal file and calculate the current balance based on those transactions.
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