Started General Ledger report script for ledger.

general-ledger-report.plx

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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+# general-ledger-report.plx                                    -*- Perl -*-
+#
+#    Script to generate a General Ledger report that accountants like
+#    using Ledger.
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011, Bradley M. Kuhn
+#
+# This program gives you software freedom; you can copy, modify, convey,
+# and/or redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with this program in a file called 'GPLv3'.  If not, write to the:
+#    Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor
+#                                    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Math::BigFloat;
+
+my $LEDGER_CMD = "/usr/bin/ledger";
+
+my $ACCT_WIDTH = 75;
+
+sub ParseNumber($) {
+  $_[0] =~ s/,//g;
+  return Math::BigFloat->new($_[0]);
+}
+
+Math::BigFloat->precision(-2);
+my $ZERO =  Math::BigFloat->new("0.00");
+
+if (@ARGV < 2) {
+  print STDERR "usage: $0 <BEGIN_DATE> <END_DATE> <OTHER_LEDGER_OPTS>\n";
+  exit 1;
+}
+
+my($beginDate, $endDate, @otherLedgerOpts) = @ARGV;
+
+my(@chartOfAccountsOpts) = ('--wide-register-format', "%150A\n",  '-w', '-s',
+                            '-b', $beginDate, @otherLedgerOpts, 'reg');
+
+open(CHART_DATA, "-|", $LEDGER_CMD, @chartOfAccountsOpts)
+  or die "Unable to run $LEDGER_CMD @chartOfAccountsOpts: $!";
+
+open(CHART_OUTPUT, ">", "chart-of-accounts.txt") or die "unable to write chart-of-accounts.txt: $!";
+
+my @accounts;
+while (my $line = <CHART_DATA>) {
+  chomp $line;
+  $line =~ s/^\s*//;   $line =~ s/\s*$//;
+  push(@accounts, $line);
+
+}
+close(CHART_DATA); die "error reading ledger output for chart of accounts: $!" unless $? == 0;
+
+open(CHART_OUTPUT, ">", "chart-of-accounts.txt") or die "unable to write chart-of-accounts.txt: $!";
+
+my @sortedAccounts;
+foreach my $acct (
+                  # Proper sorting for a chart of accounts
+                  sort {
+                    if ($a =~ /^Assets/ and $b !~ /^Assets/) {
+                      return 1;
+                    } else {
+                      return $a cmp $b;
+                    }
+                  } @accounts) {
+  print CHART_OUTPUT "$acct\n";
+  push(@sortedAccounts, $acct);
+
+}
+close(CHART_OUTPUT); die "error writing to chart-of-accounts.txt: $!" unless $? == 0;
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Local variables:
+# compile-command: "perl -c general-ledger-report.plx"
+# End:
+