Search Posting Comments

An expression

comment =~ /REGEX/

is a regular expression that matches against a posting’s comment field. This searches only a posting’s field, not the transaction’s note or comment field.

Example:

ledger reg "expr" "comment =~ /landline/"

will match

2014/1/29  Phone bill
    Assets:Checking                           $50.00
    Expenses:Phone                           $-50.00  ; landline bill

but will not match

2014/1/29  Phone bill  ; landline bill
    ; landline bill
    Assets:Checking                           $50.00
    Expenses:Phone                           $-50.00

To search for transaction comments, see Search comments.