SPEC: print command

Notes on some of print’s behaviour.

Effects of certain output flags

No output flags (default output)

By default, print tries to show each entry as it is written in the journal file, except for alignment. And it shows entries in date-then-parse order.

--round

Controls rounding/padding of displayed amounts:

• none — show original decimal digits, as in the journal (default)
• soft — add or remove trailing decimal zeros to match commodity precision
• hard — round posting amounts to commodity precision (can unbalance transactions)
• all — also round cost amounts to commodity precision (can unbalance transactions)

--verbose-tags

Makes certain normally-hidden tags visible (in comments):

• ptype: acquire/dispose/transfer-from/transfer-to — lot posting classification
• cost-tagged: — marks postings that have or were given a transaction cost
• conversion-tagged: — marks equity conversion postings
• generated-posting: — marks auto-generated postings (from transaction modifiers or –infer-equity)
• modified-transaction: — marks transactions modified by auto posting rules
• generated-transaction: <period> — marks forecast transactions from periodic rules

Without this flag, these tags still exist internally (queryable) but don’t appear in print output.

-x / --explicit

Shows all inferred balancing amounts and balancing costs:

• Inferred amounts are shown
• Inferred costs are shown
• Balance assignment amounts are shown explicitly

--lots

Triggers lot calculation, which restructures postings:

• Cost basis fields are made explicit, with missing parts filled in
• Lots acquired on the same day get uniquifying labels added if needed
• All lot postings get specific lot subaccounts added (e.g. assets:stocks → assets:stocks:{2026-01-15, $50})
• Transfer postings and dispose postings affecting multiple lots are split into one per lot