NAME
desync-cat - Stream a blob to stdout or a file-like object
SYNOPSIS
desync cat <index> [<output>] [flags]
DESCRIPTION
Stream a blob to stdout or a file-like object, optionally seeking and limiting the read length.
Unlike extract, this supports output to FIFOs, named pipes, and other non-seekable destinations.
This is inherently slower than extract as while multiple chunks can be retrieved concurrently, writing to stdout cannot be parallelized.
Use '-' to read the index from STDIN.
OPTIONS
--ca-cert=""
trust authorities in this file, instead of OS trust store
-c, --cache=""
store to be used as cache
-r, --cache-repair[=true]
replace invalid chunks in the cache from source
--client-cert=""
path to client certificate for TLS authentication
--client-key=""
path to client key for TLS authentication
-n, --concurrency=10
number of concurrent goroutines, -1 to let desync choose: the number of CPUs for chunking and hashing, adapting to each store up to 128 for transfers
-e, --error-retry=3
number of times to retry in case of network error
-b, --error-retry-base-interval=500ms
initial retry delay, increases linearly with each subsequent attempt
-h, --help[=false]
help for cat
-l, --length=0
number of bytes to read (0 reads to the end)
-o, --offset=0
offset in bytes to seek to before reading
-s, --store=[]
source store(s)
-t, --trust-insecure[=false]
trust invalid certificates
OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
--config=""
config file (default $HOME/.config/desync/config.json)
--digest="sha512-256"
digest algorithm, sha512-256 or sha256
--verbose[=false]
verbose mode
EXAMPLE
desync cat -s http://192.168.1.1/ file.caibx | grep something desync cat -s /path/to/store -o 1048576 -l 4096 file.caibx slice.bin
SEE ALSO
HISTORY
20-Oct-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra