# Ledger CLI: Plain Text Accounting | ElnurBDa

**URL:** <https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ledger-cli-plain-text-accounting-elnurbda/859>\
**Category:** News\
**Tags:** ledger\
**Created:** [July 24, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ledger-cli-plain-text-accounting-elnurbda/859 "2026-07-24T20:38:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![simonmic](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex003/user_avatar/forum.plaintextaccounting.org/simonmic/32/1_2.png) [@simonmic](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/u/simonmic)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/ledger-cli-plain-text-accounting-elnurbda/859/1 "2026-07-24T20:38:16Z")

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> **[Ledger CLI: Plain Text Accounting | ElnurBDa](https://elnurbda.com/posts/62-ledger-cli/)**
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> Why I log every transaction in one plain text file with Ledger CLI: double-entry basics, the account tree, multi-currency metals and stocks, daily queries.

([reddit discussion](https://reddit.com/r/plaintextaccounting/comments/1v5jbwd/ledger_cli_plain_text_accounting/))