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NAME
restic-ls - List files in a snapshot
SYNOPSIS
restic ls [flags] snapshotID [dir...]
DESCRIPTION
The "ls" command lists files and directories in a snapshot.
The special snapshot ID "latest" can be used to list files and directo-
ries of the latest snapshot in the repository. The --host flag can be
used in conjunction to select the latest snapshot originating from a
certain host only.
File listings can optionally be filtered by directories. Any positional
arguments after the snapshot ID are interpreted as absolute directory
paths, and only files inside those directories will be listed. If the
--recursive flag is used, then the filter will allow traversing into
matching directories' subfolders. Any directory paths specified must be
absolute (starting with a path separator); paths use the forward slash
'/' as separator.
File listings can be sorted by specifying --sort followed by one of the
sort specifiers '(name|size|time=mtime|atime|ctime|extension)'. The
sorting can be reversed by specifying --reverse.
EXIT STATUS
Exit status is 0 if the command was successful. Exit status is 1 if
there was any error. Exit status is 10 if the repository does not ex-
ist. Exit status is 11 if the repository is already locked. Exit sta-
tus is 12 if the password is incorrect.
OPTIONS
-h, --help[=false] help for ls
-H, --host=[] only consider snapshots for this host, when snapshot
ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times) (default:
$RESTIC_HOST)
--human-readable[=false] print sizes in human readable format
-l, --long[=false] use a long listing format showing size and mode
--ncdu[=false] output NCDU export format (pipe into 'ncdu -f -')
--path=[] only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path,
when snapshot ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times,
snapshots must include all specified paths)
--recursive[=false] include files in subfolders of the listed di-
rectories
--reverse[=false] reverse sorted output
-s, --sort=name sort output by
(name|size|time=mtime|atime|ctime|extension)
--tag=[] only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,...], when
snapshot ID "latest" is given (can be specified multiple times)
OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
--cacert=[] file to load root certificates from (default: use sys-
tem certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT)
--cache-dir="" set the cache directory. (default: use system de-
fault cache directory)
--cleanup-cache[=false] auto remove old cache directories
--compression=auto compression mode (only available for repository
format version 2), one of (auto|off|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION)
--http-user-agent="" set a http user agent for outgoing http re-
quests
--insecure-no-password[=false] use an empty password for the repos-
itory, must be passed to every restic command (insecure)
--insecure-tls[=false] skip TLS certificate verification when con-
necting to the repository (insecure)
--json[=false] set output mode to JSON for commands that support it
--key-hint="" key ID of key to try decrypting first (default:
$RESTIC_KEY_HINT)
--limit-download=0 limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s.
(default: unlimited)
--limit-upload=0 limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (de-
fault: unlimited)
--no-cache[=false] do not use a local cache
--no-extra-verify[=false] skip additional verification of data be-
fore upload (see documentation)
--no-lock[=false] do not lock the repository, this allows some op-
erations on read-only repositories
-o, --option=[] set extended option (key=value, can be specified
multiple times)
--pack-size=0 set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may
be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE)
--password-command="" shell command to obtain the repository pass-
word from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND)
-p, --password-file="" file to read the repository password from
(default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)
-q, --quiet[=false] do not output comprehensive progress report
-r, --repo="" repository to backup to or restore from (default:
$RESTIC_REPOSITORY)
--repository-file="" file to read the repository location from (de-
fault: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE)
--retry-lock=0s retry to lock the repository if it is already
locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries)
--stuck-request-timeout=5m0s duration after which to retry stuck
requests
--tls-client-cert="" path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS
client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT)
-v, --verbose[=0] be verbose (specify multiple times or a level us-
ing --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2)
SEE ALSO
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