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TODO: update instructions to talk about using Journal, rather than find report.

This is a set of simple scripts for getting data exported from QuickBooks into a free accounting system, started by Jonathan Corbet ([email protected]). They only support GnuCash for now; that is likely to change in the future. For details on how they work and how to get your data out of QuickBooks, have a look at this article:

https://lwn.net/Articles/729087/
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**Redhat/Fedora-based Linux**: The rpm package for GnuCash should include python bindings, so run `sudo dnf install gnucash`

(NOTE: You might need to modify a line in the scripts to point to the appropriate gnucash bindings package. For example, in a fedora installation I needed to
(NOTE: You might need to modify a line in the scripts to point to the appropriate gnucash bindings package. For example, in a fedora 37 installation I needed to uncomment & modify the line `# sys.path.insert(0, "/my/path/to/site-packages/gnucash")` in the scripts to be `sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/lib64/python3.11/site-packages/gnucash")` )

### Downloading the scripts
On the computer with GnuCash, we need to download the scripts offered on this webpage you're reading this on. Assuming it's github, there should be a green 'Code' button with options to either clone this repository (using GIT) or 'download ZIP'.
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Did it run OK? Feel free to file an issue, or discuss on https://lists.gnucash.org/

Assuming it ran without errors, you can see all transactions across accounts by going to Tools > General Journal, and going to View > Filter By... and select All Dates.
Assuming it ran without errors, you can see all transactions across accounts by going to Tools > General Journal, and going to View > Filter By... and select All Dates.