Name
borg-list - List archive or repository contents
SYNOPSIS
borg [common options] list [options] [REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE] [PATH...]
DESCRIPTION
This command lists the contents of a repository or an archive.
For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the borg_patterns command output.
OPTIONS
See borg-common(1) for common options of Borg commands.
arguments
- REPOSITORY_OR_ARCHIVE
-
repository or archive to list contents of
- PATH
-
paths to list; patterns are supported
options
- --consider-checkpoints
-
Show checkpoint archives in the repository contents list (default: hidden).
- --short
-
only print file/directory names, nothing else
- --format FORMAT
-
specify format for file or archive listing (default for files: "{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}"; for archives: "{archive:<36} {time} [{id}]{NL}")
- --json
-
Only valid for listing repository contents. Format output as JSON. The form of --format is ignored, but keys used in it are added to the JSON output. Some keys are always present. Note: JSON can only represent text. A "barchive" key is therefore not available.
- --json-lines
-
Only valid for listing archive contents. Format output as JSON Lines. The form of --format is ignored, but keys used in it are added to the JSON output. Some keys are always present. Note: JSON can only represent text. A "bpath" key is therefore not available.
Archive filters
- -P PREFIX, --prefix PREFIX
-
only consider archive names starting with this prefix. (deprecated)
- -a GLOB, --glob-archives GLOB
-
only consider archive names matching the glob. sh: rules apply (without actually using the sh: prefix), see "borg help patterns".
- --sort-by KEYS
-
Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id; default is: timestamp
- --first N
-
consider first N archives after other filters were applied
- --last N
-
consider last N archives after other filters were applied
Include/Exclude options
- -e PATTERN, --exclude PATTERN
-
exclude paths matching PATTERN
- --exclude-from EXCLUDEFILE
-
read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line
- --pattern PATTERN
-
include/exclude paths matching PATTERN
- --patterns-from PATTERNFILE
-
read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line
EXAMPLES
$ borg list /path/to/repo
Monday Mon, 2016-02-15 19:15:11
repo Mon, 2016-02-15 19:26:54
root-2016-02-15 Mon, 2016-02-15 19:36:29
newname Mon, 2016-02-15 19:50:19
...
$ borg list /path/to/repo::root-2016-02-15
drwxr-xr-x root root 0 Mon, 2016-02-15 17:44:27 .
drwxrwxr-x root root 0 Mon, 2016-02-15 19:04:49 bin
-rwxr-xr-x root root 1029624 Thu, 2014-11-13 00:08:51 bin/bash
lrwxrwxrwx root root 0 Fri, 2015-03-27 20:24:26 bin/bzcmp -> bzdiff
-rwxr-xr-x root root 2140 Fri, 2015-03-27 20:24:22 bin/bzdiff
...
$ borg list /path/to/repo::root-2016-02-15 --pattern "- bin/ba*"
drwxr-xr-x root root 0 Mon, 2016-02-15 17:44:27 .
drwxrwxr-x root root 0 Mon, 2016-02-15 19:04:49 bin
lrwxrwxrwx root root 0 Fri, 2015-03-27 20:24:26 bin/bzcmp -> bzdiff
-rwxr-xr-x root root 2140 Fri, 2015-03-27 20:24:22 bin/bzdiff
...
$ borg list /path/to/repo::archiveA --format="{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8d} {isomtime} {path}{extra}{NEWLINE}"
drwxrwxr-x user user 0 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 .
drwxrwxr-x user user 0 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code
drwxrwxr-x user user 0 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code/myproject
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1416192 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1416192 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.text
...
$ borg list /path/to/repo/::archiveA --pattern '+ re:\.ext$' --pattern '- re:^.*$'
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1416192 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
...
$ borg list /path/to/repo/::archiveA --pattern '+ re:.ext$' --pattern '- re:^.*$'
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1416192 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1416192 Sun, 2015-02-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.text
...
NOTES
The FORMAT specifier syntax
The --format option uses Python's format string syntax <https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/string.html#formatstrings>.
Examples:
$ borg list --format '{archive}{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo
ArchiveBar
...
# {VAR:NUMBER} - pad to NUMBER columns.
# Strings are left-aligned, numbers are right-aligned.
# Note: time columns except ``isomtime``, ``isoctime`` and ``isoatime`` cannot be padded.
$ borg list --format '{archive:36} {time} [{id}]{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo Thu, 2021-12-09 10:22:28 [0b8e9a312bef3f2f6e2d0fc110c196827786c15eba0188738e81697a7fa3b274]
$ borg list --format '{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}' /path/to/repo::ArchiveFoo
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1024 Thu, 2021-12-09 10:22:17 file-foo
...
# {VAR:<NUMBER} - pad to NUMBER columns left-aligned.
# {VAR:>NUMBER} - pad to NUMBER columns right-aligned.
$ borg list --format '{mode} {user:>6} {group:>6} {size:<8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}' /path/to/repo::ArchiveFoo
-rw-rw-r-- user user 1024 Thu, 2021-12-09 10:22:17 file-foo
...
The following keys are always available:
- •
-
NEWLINE: OS dependent line separator
- •
-
NL: alias of NEWLINE
- •
-
NUL: NUL character for creating print0 / xargs -0 like output, see barchive and bpath keys below
- •
-
SPACE
- •
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TAB
- •
-
CR
- •
-
LF
Keys available only when listing archives in a repository:
- •
-
archive: archive name interpreted as text (might be missing non-text characters, see barchive)
- •
-
name: alias of "archive"
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-
barchive: verbatim archive name, can contain any character except NUL
- •
-
comment: archive comment interpreted as text (might be missing non-text characters, see bcomment)
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bcomment: verbatim archive comment, can contain any character except NUL
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id: internal ID of the archive
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-
tam: TAM authentication state of this archive
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start: time (start) of creation of the archive
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time: alias of "start"
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end: time (end) of creation of the archive
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command_line: command line which was used to create the archive
- •
-
hostname: hostname of host on which this archive was created
- •
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username: username of user who created this archive
Keys available only when listing files in an archive:
- •
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type
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mode
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-
uid
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-
gid
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-
user
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-
group
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-
path: path interpreted as text (might be missing non-text characters, see bpath)
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-
bpath: verbatim POSIX path, can contain any character except NUL
- •
-
source: link target for links (identical to linktarget)
- •
-
linktarget
- •
-
flags
- •
-
size
- •
-
csize: compressed size
- •
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dsize: deduplicated size
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-
dcsize: deduplicated compressed size
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num_chunks: number of chunks in this file
- •
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unique_chunks: number of unique chunks in this file
- •
-
mtime
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-
ctime
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-
atime
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-
isomtime
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-
isoctime
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-
isoatime
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-
blake2b
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blake2s
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md5
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-
sha1
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-
sha224
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-
sha256
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sha384
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sha3_224
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sha3_256
- •
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sha3_384
- •
-
sha3_512
- •
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sha512
- •
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xxh64: XXH64 checksum of this file (note: this is NOT a cryptographic hash!)
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archiveid
- •
-
archivename
- •
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extra: prepends {source} with " -> " for soft links and " link to " for hard links
- •
-
health: either "healthy" (file ok) or "broken" (if file has all-zero replacement chunks)
SEE ALSO
borg-common(1), borg-info(1), borg-diff(1), borg-prune(1), borg-patterns(1)
Author
The Borg Collective