cat

PLAKAR-CAT(1) - General Commands Manual

NAME

plakar cat - Display the contents of a file from a Plakar snapshot

SYNOPSIS

plakar cat [-no-decompress] [-highlight] snapshotID:filepath …

DESCRIPTION

The plakar cat command outputs the contents of filepath within Plakar snapshots to the standard output. It can decompress compressed files and optionally apply syntax highlighting based on the file type.

The options are as follows:

-no-decompress

Display the file content as-is, without attempting to decompress it, even if it is compressed.

-highlight

Apply syntax highlighting to the output based on the file type.

EXAMPLES

Display a file’s contents from a snapshot:

$ plakar cat abc123:/etc/passwd

Display a file with syntax highlighting:

$ plakar cat -highlight abc123:/home/op/korpus/driver.sh

DIAGNOSTICS

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

0

Command completed successfully.

>0

An error occurred, such as failure to retrieve a file or decompress content.

SEE ALSO

plakar(1), plakar-backup(1)

Plakar - February 3, 2025