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GnuCash has a command-line interface for use in scripts or for performing quick tasks without launching the graphic interface. Note that
To see the options for the current version use the command gnucash-cli --help. At version 4.11 this produces the following: bin/gnucash-cli [options] [datafile] - GnuCash, accounting for personal and small business finance:
Common Options:
-h [ --help ] Show this help message
-v [ --version ] Show GnuCash version
--debug Enable debugging mode: provide deep detail in the
logs.
This is equivalent to: --log "=info" --log "qof=info"
--log "gnc=info"
--extra Enable extra/development/debugging features.
--log arg Log level overrides, of the form
"modulename={debug,info,warn,crit,error}"
Examples: "--log qof=debug" or "--log
gnc.backend.file.sx=info"
This can be invoked multiple times.
--paths Show paths
--logto arg File to log into; defaults to "/tmp/gnucash.trace";
can be "stderr" or "stdout".
Price Quotes Retrieval Options:
-Q [ --quotes ] arg Execute price quote related commands. Currently only
one command is supported.
get: Fetch current quotes for all foreign currencies
and stocks in the given GnuCash datafile.
--namespace arg Regular expression determining which namespace
commodities will be retrieved for
Report Generation Options:
-R [ --report ] arg Execute report related commands. The following
commands are supported.
list: Lists available reports.
show: Describe the options modified in the named
report. A datafile may be specified to
describe some saved options.
run: Run the named report in the given GnuCash
datafile.
--name arg Name of the report to run
--export-type arg Specify export type
--output-file arg Output file for report
The datafile can be either a normal file path or a URI. The URI format is scheme://[[username[:password]@]hostname[:port]]/path where scheme is one of file, mysql, or postgres. mysql and postgres require the hostname including the username and password. The port is needed only if different from the IETF well known ones for the scheme; the path for those two schemes will be the database name supplied when you created the database.
