---
name: "borg2-repo-list"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "borgbackup2"
version: "2.0.0b19-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/borg2-repo-list"
---

# borg2-repo-list(1)

List the archives contained in a repository

## NAME

borg-repo-list - List the archives contained in a repository

## SYNOPSIS

borg \[common options\] repo-list \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

This command lists the archives contained in a repository.

## OPTIONS

See *[borg-common(1)](/borg-common/1.md)* for common options of Borg commands.

### options

- **--short**

  only print the archive IDs, nothing else

- **--format** *FORMAT*

  specify format for archive listing (default: "{archive:\<36} {time} \[{id}\]{NL}")

- **--json**

  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.

### Archive filters

- **-a** *PATTERN,* **--match-archives** *PATTERN*

  only consider archives matching all patterns. see "borg help match-archives".

- **--sort-by** *KEYS*

  Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, archive, name, id, tags, host, user; 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

- **--oldest** *TIMESPAN*

  consider archives between the oldest archive's timestamp and (oldest + TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

- **--newest** *TIMESPAN*

  consider archives between the newest archive's timestamp and (newest - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

- **--older** *TIMESPAN*

  consider archives older than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

- **--newer** *TIMESPAN*

  consider archives newer than (now - TIMESPAN), e.g. 7d or 12m.

- **--deleted**

  consider only soft-deleted archives.

## EXAMPLES

```
$ borg repo-list
151b1a57  Mon, 2024-09-23 22:57:11 +0200  docs             tw          MacBook-Pro  this is a comment
3387a079  Thu, 2024-09-26 09:07:07 +0200  scripts          tw          MacBook-Pro
ca774425  Thu, 2024-09-26 10:05:23 +0200  scripts          tw          MacBook-Pro
ba56c4a5  Thu, 2024-09-26 10:12:45 +0200  src              tw          MacBook-Pro
7567b79a  Thu, 2024-09-26 10:15:07 +0200  scripts          tw          MacBook-Pro
21ab3600  Thu, 2024-09-26 10:15:17 +0200  docs             tw          MacBook-Pro
...
```

## NOTES

### The FORMAT specifier syntax

The **--format** option uses python's format string syntax \<https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/string.html#formatstrings\> .

Examples:

```
$ borg repo-list --format '{archive}{NL}'
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 repo-list --format '{archive:36} {time} [{id}]{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo                           Thu, 2021-12-09 10:22:28 [0b8e9...3b274]
...
```

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

- •

  SPACE: space character

- •

  TAB: tab character

- •

  CR: carriage return character

- •

  LF: line feed character

Keys available only when listing archives in a repository:

- •

  archive: archive name

- •

  name: alias of "archive"

- •

  comment: archive comment

- •

  id: internal ID of the archive

- •

  tags: archive tags

- •

  start: time (start) of creation of the archive

- •

  time: alias of "start"

- •

  end: time (end) of creation of the archive

- •

  command\_line: command line which was used to create the archive

- •

  hostname: hostname of host on which this archive was created

- •

  username: username of user who created this archive

- •

  size: size of this archive (data plus metadata, not considering compression and deduplication)

- •

  nfiles: count of files in this archive

## SEE ALSO

*[borg-common(1)](/borg-common/1.md)*

## AUTHOR

The Borg Collective