NAME
loan.pl - A simple loan calculator
VERSION
version 1.5
SYNOPSIS
loan.pl --loan 50000 --rate 4.15 [ OPTIONS ]
OPTIONS
- loan
-
The outstanding loan amount
- rate
-
The interest rate of the loan
- interest-only
-
Only show the interest for the loan
- duration
-
Only show x months of payments
- config
-
Define where your configuration file is located, defaults to
$HOME/.config/finance-loan-repayment/loan.conf. In here you can change the defaults for all of the command line options. Command line options take preference over the configuration file options.
The following options will dictate how you pay back your loan. Each option differs in how your interest, principal and total payment amount will be after each payment.
- principal
-
The principal payment you want to pay each month on the loan. This is what happens with a liniar payback of the loan. Makes your total payment per month variable.
- interest
-
The amount you want to pay off your interest each month. This will make your principal payment steady, with a variable total.
- total
-
The amount you want to pay off each month. This is the same as a installment payment scheme.
AUTHOR
Wesley Schwengle <waterkip@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2017 by Wesley Schwengle.
This is free software, licensed under:
The MIT (X11) License