RESTIC-FIND(1)

💖 restic-find — Find a file, a directory or restic IDs 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

restic-find — Find a file, a directory or restic IDs 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

restic find [flags] PATTERN...

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the find command goes hunting for files or directories inside the snapshots chillin' in your repository. and that's not all — it can also be used to search for restic blobs, trees or pack files, which is your go-to move for troubleshooting when something's acting up. 🔍

the default sort option for the snapshots is youngest to oldest. if you want the output flipped, oldest to youngest, just say --reverse and it's done. 💅

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✨ EXIT STATUS ✨

• Exit status is 0 if the command was successful. 🎉
• Exit status is 1 if there was any error. 😭
• Exit status is 10 if the repository does not exist. 💀
• Exit status is 11 if the repository is already locked. 🔒
• Exit status is 12 if the password is incorrect. 🙈

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --blob[=false] — the pattern is a blob-ID 🫧
• -h, --help[=false] — help for find 🆘
• -H, --host=[] — only consider snapshots for this host (can be specified multiple times, use empty string to unset default value) (default: $RESTIC_HOST) 🖥️
• --human-readable[=false] — print sizes in human readable format 🌸
• -i, --ignore-case[=false] — ignore case for pattern 🔤
• -l, --long[=false] — use a long listing format showing size and mode 📋
• -N, --newest="" — newest modification date/time ⏰
• -O, --oldest="" — oldest modification date/time 🕰️
• --pack[=false] — the pattern is a pack-ID 📦
• --path=[] — only consider snapshots including this (absolute) path (can be specified multiple times, snapshots must include all specified paths) 🛤️
• -R, --reverse[=false] — reverse sort order, oldest to newest 🔄
• --show-pack-id[=false] — display the pack-ID the blobs belong to (with --blob or --tree) 👀
• -s, --snapshot=[] — snapshot id to search in (can be given multiple times) 📸
• --tag=[] — only consider snapshots including tag[,tag,...] (can be specified multiple times) 🏷️
• --tree[=false] — the pattern is a tree-ID 🌳

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

• --cacert=[] — file to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates or $RESTIC_CACERT) 📜
• --cache-dir="" — set the cache directory. (default: use system default cache directory) 🗂️
• --cleanup-cache[=false] — auto remove old cache directories 🧹
• --compression=auto — compression mode (only available for repository format version 2), one of (auto|off|fastest|better|max) (default: $RESTIC_COMPRESSION) 🗜️
• --http-user-agent="" — set a http user agent for outgoing http requests 🌐
• --insecure-no-password[=false] — use an empty password for the repository, must be passed to every restic command (insecure) 🚨
• --insecure-tls[=false] — skip TLS certificate verification when connecting to the repository (insecure) 🚨
• --json[=false] — set output mode to JSON for commands that support it 🧾
• --key-hint="" — key ID of key to try decrypting first (default: $RESTIC_KEY_HINT) 🔑
• --limit-download=0 — limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) ⬇️
• --limit-upload=0 — limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited) ⬆️
• --no-cache[=false] — do not use a local cache 🚫
• --no-extra-verify[=false] — skip additional verification of data before upload (see documentation) 🔍
• --no-lock[=false] — do not lock the repository, this allows some operations on read-only repositories 🔓
• -o, --option=[] — set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times) ⚙️
• --pack-size=0 — set target pack size in MiB, created pack files may be larger (default: $RESTIC_PACK_SIZE) 📏
• --password-command="" — shell command to obtain the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_COMMAND) 🐚
• -p, --password-file="" — file to read the repository password from (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE) 📄
• -q, --quiet[=false] — do not output comprehensive progress report 🤫
• -r, --repo="" — repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY) 🗄️
• --repository-file="" — file to read the repository location from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY_FILE) 📁
• --retry-lock=0s — retry to lock the repository if it is already locked, takes a value like 5m or 2h (default: no retries) ⏳
• --stuck-request-timeout=5m0s — duration after which to retry stuck requests ⏱️
• --tls-client-cert="" — path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key (default: $RESTIC_TLS_CLIENT_CERT) 🪪
• -v, --verbose[=0] — be verbose (specify multiple times or a level using --verbose=n``, max level/times is 2`) 🗣️

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

like, just look at these, they ate fr fr:

restic find config.json
restic find --json "*.yml" "*.json"
restic find --json --blob 420f620f b46ebe8a ddd38656
restic find --show-pack-id --blob 420f620f
restic find --tree 577c2bc9 f81f2e22 a62827a9
restic find --pack 025c1d06

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• restic(1) 💜

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lowkey the whole vibe: go find ur stuff, bestie. no cap. ✨

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