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PLAKAR-LOCATE(1) - General Commands Manual

NAME
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plakar locate - Find filenames in a Plakar snapshot

SYNOPSIS
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plakar locate [-name name] [-category category] [-environment environment] [-perimeter perimeter] [-job job] [-tag tag] [-latest] [-before date] [-since date] [-snapshot snapshotID] patterns …

DESCRIPTION
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The plakar locate command search all the snapshots to find file names matching any of the given patterns and prints the abbreviated snapshot ID and the full path of the matched files. Matching works according to the shell globbing rules.

The options are as follows:

-name string

Only apply command to snapshots that match name.

-category string

Only apply command to snapshots that match category.

-environment string

Only apply command to snapshots that match environment.

-perimeter string

Only apply command to snapshots that match perimeter.

-job string

Only apply command to snapshots that match job.

-tag string

Only apply command to snapshots that match tag.

-latest

Only apply command to latest snapshot matching filters.

-before date

Only apply command to snapshots matching filters and older than the specified date. Accepted formats include relative durations (e.g. 2d for two days, 1w for one week) or specific dates in various formats (e.g. 2006-01-02 15:04:05).

-since date

Only apply command to snapshots matching filters and created since the specified date, included. Accepted formats include relative durations (e.g. 2d for two days, 1w for one week) or specific dates in various formats (e.g. 2006-01-02 15:04:05).

-snapshot snapshotID

Limit the search to the given snapshot.

EXAMPLES
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Search for files ending in “wd”:

$ plakar locate '*wd'
abc123:/etc/master.passwd
abc123:/etc/passwd

DIAGNOSTICS
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The plakar locate utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

0

Command completed successfully.

>0

An error occurred, such as invalid parameters, inability to create the repository, or configuration issues.

SEE ALSO
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plakar(1), plakar-backup(1)

CAVEATS
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The patterns may have to be quote to avoid the shell attempting to expand them.

Plakar - February 1, 2025