How create datafile from hand that GNUcash can understand/import?

[Derek Atkins]

seberino at spawar.navy.mil writes:

> I want to put lots of GNUcash data into a text file
> that GNUcash can then import if possible.
>
> (I want to avoid inputting tons of data with mouse and
> the GNUcash GUI interface.)
>
> Is the Quicken file format the way to go? Is it ASCII?

Yes, QIF is ascii, and it's probably your best bet...

> If there is some simpler format GNUcash can understand
> such as comma delimited or XML then I'd consider that.

QIF is definitely simpler than any other format that gnucash can read.

-derek

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