Ledger CLI add comments to automated transactions

Question

I would like to add comments based on original transactions, is it possible?

For example, I would like to do something like that:

= expr "account =~ /^Income/ and not commodity"                                                                                                                                                               
    (Budget:Income)                               -1  ; comment()

then when I get income like that

2025-04-01 * Salary
    Income:bank:mybank      1234  ; bonus for extra working hours
    Income:bank:mybank     12345  ; monthly salary

it becomes

2025-04-01 * Salary
    Income:bank:mybank      1234  ; bonus for extra working hours
    (Budget:Income)        -1234  ; bonus for extra working hours
    Income:bank:mybank     12345  ; monthly salary
    (Budget:Income)       -12345  ; monthly salary

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 22 '25 at 10:49

I've got a solution

= expr "account =~ /^Income/ and not commodity"                                                                                                                                                               
    (Budget:Income)                               -1
    ; %(note)

Ledger CLI add comments to automated transactions

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