# Mass edit journal entries based on a filter

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**Created:** [March 9, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/mass-edit-journal-entries-based-on-a-filter/82 "2024-03-09T00:59:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 9, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://forum.plaintextaccounting.org/t/mass-edit-journal-entries-based-on-a-filter/82/1 "2024-03-09T00:59:38Z")

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Just starting to get into PTA and so far very happy with it. I imported a few years of my bank statements, added a few rules in for hledger to generate some nice journals that balance well but of course I still ended up with a bunch of `expense:unknown` entries that I'm cleaning up manually.

 

Is there an existing tool that will allow me to set the second account of an entry for all entries that match a given filter (payee, description, etc). It's not hard to do but I'm sure I must exist already and I'm just missing it.

 

Thanks!

 
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