Quick Tour

Let’s take the quick tour. We will use the samples and fixtures from the automated software tests to play around a bit with the tool.

The test data is not shipped with the program, therefore you have to get it from the repository on github. Navigate to kescher/tests/fixtures and download:

• accounts.yaml
• journal.csv

Create a new directory, and put the files there

$ mkdir kescher_quick_tour
$ cd kescher_quick_tour
$ cp ~/Downloads/accounts.yaml .
$ cp ~/Downloads/journal.csv

Now it’s time to initialize the kescher:

$ kescher init

If that fails: Check if you have installed the tool. Have a look at the Installation section to find out how to do that.

If everything worked, your directory should look like this now:

$ ls -w 0
accounts.yaml
journal.csv
kescher.db
kescher.log

Have a look at the default accounts chart in the accounts.yaml file to see how we will structure our accounts. After you did that, it’s time to import it into the kescher.

$ kescher import-accounts accounts.yaml

Also import the journal. In the real world, this is your bank statement.

$ kescher import-journal journal.csv