---
name: "borg2-rlist"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "borgbackup2"
version: "2.0.0b5-1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/borg2-rlist"
---

# borg2-rlist(1)

List the archives contained in a repository

## NAME

borg-rlist - List the archives contained in a repository

## SYNOPSIS

borg \[common options\] rlist \[options\]

## 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

- **--consider-checkpoints**

  Show checkpoint archives in the repository contents list (default: hidden).

- **--short**

  only print the archive names, 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 archive names matching the pattern. see "borg help match-archives".

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

  Comma-separated list of sorting keys; valid keys are: timestamp, 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

- **--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 oder 12m.

- **--newer** *TIMESPAN*

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

## EXAMPLES

```
$ borg rlist
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
...
```

## NOTES

### The FORMAT specifier syntax

The **--format** option uses python's *format string syntax*.

Examples:

```
$ borg rlist --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 rlist --format '{archive:36} {time} [{id}]{NL}' /path/to/repo
ArchiveFoo                           Thu, 2021-12-09 10:22:28 [0b8e9a312bef3f2f6e2d0fc110c196827786c15eba0188738e81697a7fa3b274]
...
```

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

- •

  TAB

- •

  CR

- •

  LF

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

- •

  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

## SEE ALSO

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

## AUTHOR

The Borg Collective