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 .Os  .Os
 .Sh NAME  .Sh NAME
 .Nm pta-journal  .Nm pta-journal
 .Nd main input file format for the plain text accounting program  .Nd main input file format for plain text accounting
 .Sh DESCRIPTION  .Sh DESCRIPTION
 The file  The file
 .Pa journal.txt  .Pa journal.txt
Line 48  Fields are given in the following order:
Line 48  Fields are given in the following order:
 The date in the eight-digit form YYYYMMDD;  The date in the eight-digit form YYYYMMDD;
 entries have to appear in chronological order.  entries have to appear in chronological order.
 .It  .It
 A booking identifier, consisting of one or more capital latin letters  A booking identifier, consisting of one or more non-blank characters.
 in the range  For example, it might begin with a few letters to identify a bank
 .Bq A\(enZ ,  account, a credit card, or a cash office, the ordinal number of a
 optionally followed by a pair of numbers separated by a slash.  bank statement or a cashbook sheet might follow, and it might end
 Typically, the letters are used to identify a bank account, a credit card,  with an entry number within the bank statement or cashbook sheet.
 or a cash office, the digits before the slash represent the number of a  Following a consistent format within each journal file is recommended
 bank statement or cashbook sheet, and the digits after the slash a sheet  but not required.
 or entry number within the bank statement or cashbook sheet.  
 Booking identifiers need not be unique.  Booking identifiers need not be unique.
 .It  .It
 A debit  A debit
Line 75  a decimal point, and again one or more digits.
Line 74  a decimal point, and again one or more digits.
 A text string that can include space characters.  A text string that can include space characters.
 .El  .El
 .Pp  .Pp
 If the text starts with as string enclosed in  If the text contains a string enclosed in
 .Bq square brackets ,  .Bq square brackets ,
 the enclosed string is used as the name of a  the enclosed string is used as the name of a
 .Em cost center .  .Em cost center .
 .Pp  .Pp
 If the text starts with as string enclosed in  If the text contains a string enclosed in
 .Pq parentheses ,  .Pq parentheses ,
 the enclosed string is used as the name of a  the enclosed string is used as the name of a
 .Em subaccount ,  .Em subaccount ,
Line 90  In the unusual case that both the debit and the credit
Line 89  In the unusual case that both the debit and the credit
 revenue or expense account, using the split notation described below  revenue or expense account, using the split notation described below
 is recommended to disambiguate which account the subaccount name  is recommended to disambiguate which account the subaccount name
 applies to.  applies to.
 .Pp  
 If both a cost center and a subaccount are given on the same line,  
 the cost center is expected to precede the subaccount.  
 .Ss Split journal entries  .Ss Split journal entries
 All transactions can be represented by using only elementary  All transactions can be represented by using only elementary
 .Em journal entries  .Em journal entries
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