From 680b94232542f7645d761828447bc2297f23fe22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: samuelgregorovic <samuelgregorovic@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 17:52:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] documentation update - usage of CLI argument

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 docs/advanced.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
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 ```
 
+### Using an alternate config
+
+You can specify an alternate configuration file fot the current instance of `jrnl` using `--config-file CONFIG_FILE_PATH` where
+`CONFIG_FILE_PATH` is a path to an alternate `jrnl` configuration file. 
+
+#### Examples:
+
+```
+#Use personalised configuration file for personal journal entries
+jrnl --config-file ~/foo/jrnl/personal-config.yaml
+
+#Use alternate configuration file for work-related entries
+jrnl --config-file ~foo/jrnl/work-config.yaml
+
+#Use default configuration file (created on installation)
+jrnl
+```
+
+
 ## Multiple journal files
 
 You can configure `jrnl`to use with multiple journals (eg.