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		hiq on Jan 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Beancount: Double-entry accounting from text files > I can’t bulk edit transactions to reclassify them after the fact. If you store your transactions in a plaintext format, why don't you use CLI tools? I just renamed a bunch of accounts using sed for instance, in a hledger journal.

CGamesPlay on Jan 31, 2022 | [–]

Transactions with a specific regex payee need to be reclassified into a specific expense account. Yes, I could write a sed script to do this. No, I will not write a sed script to do this.

darcys22 on Jan 30, 2022 | [–]

UPDATE transactions SET account = "Income" WHERE account = "Expense";

rthomas6 on Jan 31, 2022 | [–]

sed 's/Expense:/Income:/'

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