borg-key-list(1)

📦 version 2.0.0b25, in ubuntu stonking

✨ borg-key-list(1) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to borg-key-list, section 1 of the borg backup tool man pages 💖 this is the one that shows you all the lil keys your repo has been hiding.

🌸 NAME 🌸

borg-key-list — list the borg keys of the repository. that's it, that's the job 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

borg [common options] key list [options]

yes queen, common options come first, then key list, then whatever options you wanna sprinkle on top ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: this command lists the borg keys of the repository 📋 and for every single borg key it spills the tea on:

  • the borg key's id
  • its mode, which is either repokey or keyfile (iykyk)
  • its label
  • and its key derivation/encryption algorithm

and here's the cute lil detail you're gonna love — 👑 the borg key that was actually used to unlock the repository in this invocation gets marked with a *. that's your main character key right there. periodt 💅

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • common options, babes — head over to borg-common(1) for all the common options of Borg commands 🫶 that's where they live, this page isn't gonna re-list them.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

👑 AUTHOR 👑

The Borg Collective 🧚 (an icon, a legend, the moment)

and that's a wrap on borg-key-list(1) from the borg backup tool manual, dated 2026-10-07 💜 go list those keys bestie, no cap, you got this 🌈⭐

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