Beancount-sort

Purpose

Sort a beancount file looking like this:

2002-01-01 commodity EUR
    name: "Euro"
    asset-class: "cash"
option "operating_currency" "EUR"
2021-01-01 commodity GME
    ; Don't sell!
    name: "Gamestop"
    asset-class: "stock"
2021-01-01 open Assets:Stock
2021-01-01 open Assets:Giro   EUR
2021-01-20 * "Direkthandel" "Aktienkauf"
    Assets:Stock                                   1 GME {69.420 EUR}
    Assets:Giro
2021-01-21 price GME                                420.69 EUR
2021-09-07 * "payee 1" "description 1"
    Expenses:Account1                             15 EUR
    Assets:Giro
2021-09-07 open Expenses:Account1   EUR
2021-09-08 open Assets:Cash   EUR
2021-09-08 open Expenses:Account2   EUR
2021-09-08 * "payee 2" "description 2"
    Expenses:Account2                            3.3 EUR
    Assets:Cash

to look like this:

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;Accounts;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
2021-01-01 open Assets:Stock
2021-01-01 open Assets:Giro   EUR
2021-09-07 open Expenses:Account1   EUR
2021-09-08 open Assets:Cash   EUR
2021-09-08 open Expenses:Account2   EUR
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;Options;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
option "operating_currency" "EUR"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;Commodities;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
2002-01-01 commodity EUR
    name: "Euro"
    asset-class: "cash"
2021-01-01 commodity GME
    ; Don't sell!
    name: "Gamestop"
    asset-class: "stock"
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;Other Entries;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
2000-08-01 custom "budget" Assests:Account1       "monthly"         300.00 EUR
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;Prices;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
2021-01-21 price GME                                420.69 EUR
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
;;;;Transactions;;;;
;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
2021-01-20 * "Direkthandel" "Aktienkauf"
    Assets:Stock                                   1 GME {420.69 EUR}
    Assets:Giro
2021-09-07 * "payee 1" "description 1"
    Expenses:Account1                             15 EUR
    Assets:Giro
2021-09-08 * "payee 2" "description 2"
    Expenses:Account2                            3.3 EUR
    Assets:Cash

Dependencies

1. beancount (duh)
2. cargo

Installation

Type cargo install beancount-sort

Usage

beancount-sort --help Use with caution! If your output file is the same as the input file the original file will be overwritten! The program will create a backup of the original file, but if you run the program twice, the first backup will be overwritten.