From e3598fce8cb51b7b1e36941a9e5bd79930ce0cf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Fiore <founder@evergreencrypto.co>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 14:06:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] container: hledger-flow: lib_preprocess: bash quote given
 column(s)

when testing header.
---
 container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash b/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash
index 9a8d7f8..5ac819c 100755
--- a/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash
+++ b/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # docker-finance | modern accounting for the power-user
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2021-2025 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
+# Copyright (C) 2021-2026 Aaron Fiore (Founder, Evergreen Crypto LLC)
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ function lib_preprocess::test_header()
   local _column="$1"
   local _header
   _header="$(lib_preprocess::__sanitize_header $2)"
-  [[ "$_header" =~ (^${_column}$|^${_column},|,${_column},|,${_column}$) ]] && return 0 || return 2
+  # TODO: add custom delim
+  [[ "$_header" =~ (^"${_column}"$|^"${_column}",|,"${_column}",|,"${_column}"$) ]] && return 0 || return 2
 }
 
 # Assert header in given CSV header

From 38b2633e6cf1f6bbe082ff199366ee30f83ddd72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Fiore <founder@evergreencrypto.co>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:29:55 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] container: hledger-flow: lib_preprocess: add custom delim
 when testing

given header column(s).
---
 container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash b/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash
index 5ac819c..35421b0 100755
--- a/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash
+++ b/container/src/hledger-flow/lib/lib_preprocess.bash
@@ -64,10 +64,16 @@ echo -e "    \e[32m│     └─\e[37;2m ${global_in_filename}\e[0m"
 function lib_preprocess::test_header()
 {
   local _column="$1"
+
   local _header
   _header="$(lib_preprocess::__sanitize_header $2)"
-  # TODO: add custom delim
-  [[ "$_header" =~ (^"${_column}"$|^"${_column}",|,"${_column}",|,"${_column}"$) ]] && return 0 || return 2
+
+  local _delim="$3"
+  [ -z "$_delim" ] && _delim=","
+
+  # TODO: consolidate regexp
+  [[ "$_header" =~ (^"${_column}"$|^"${_column}${_delim}"|"${_delim}${_column}${_delim}"|"${_delim}${_column}"$) ]] \
+    && return 0 || return 2
 }
 
 # Assert header in given CSV header