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.TH "borg-list" "1" "2026-06-16" "" "borg backup tool"
.SH Name
borg-list \- List archive contents.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.sp
borg [common options] list [options] NAME [PATH...]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This command lists the contents of an archive.
.sp
For more help on include/exclude patterns, see the output of \fIborg_patterns\fP\&.
.SH OPTIONS
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See \fIborg\-common(1)\fP for common options of Borg commands.
.SS arguments
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.TP
.B NAME
specify the archive name
.TP
.B PATH
paths to list; patterns are supported
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.SS options
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.TP
.B  \-\-short
only print file/directory names, nothing else
.TP
.BI \-\-format \ FORMAT
specify format for file listing (default: \(dq{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}\(dq)
.TP
.B  \-\-json\-lines
Format output as JSON Lines. The form of \fB\-\-format\fP is ignored, but keys used in it are added to the JSON output. Some keys are always present. Note: JSON can only represent text.
.TP
.BI \-\-depth \ N
only list files up to the specified directory depth
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.SS Include/Exclude options
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.TP
.BI \-e \ PATTERN\fR,\fB \ \-\-exclude \ PATTERN
exclude paths matching PATTERN
.TP
.BI \-\-exclude\-from \ EXCLUDEFILE
read exclude patterns from EXCLUDEFILE, one per line
.TP
.BI \-\-pattern \ PATTERN
include/exclude paths matching PATTERN
.TP
.BI \-\-patterns\-from \ PATTERNFILE
read include/exclude patterns from PATTERNFILE, one per line
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.SH EXAMPLES
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.EX
$ borg list root\-2016\-02\-15
drwxr\-xr\-x root   root          0 Mon, 2016\-02\-15 17:44:27 .
drwxrwxr\-x root   root          0 Mon, 2016\-02\-15 19:04:49 bin
\-rwxr\-xr\-x root   root    1029624 Thu, 2014\-11\-13 00:08:51 bin/bash
lrwxrwxrwx root   root          0 Fri, 2015\-03\-27 20:24:26 bin/bzcmp \-> bzdiff
\-rwxr\-xr\-x root   root       2140 Fri, 2015\-03\-27 20:24:22 bin/bzdiff
\&...

$ borg list root\-2016\-02\-15 \-\-pattern \(dq\- bin/ba*\(dq
drwxr\-xr\-x root   root          0 Mon, 2016\-02\-15 17:44:27 .
drwxrwxr\-x root   root          0 Mon, 2016\-02\-15 19:04:49 bin
lrwxrwxrwx root   root          0 Fri, 2015\-03\-27 20:24:26 bin/bzcmp \-> bzdiff
\-rwxr\-xr\-x root   root       2140 Fri, 2015\-03\-27 20:24:22 bin/bzdiff
\&...

$ borg list archiveA \-\-format=\(dq{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8d} {isomtime} {path}{extra}{NEWLINE}\(dq
drwxrwxr\-x user   user          0 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 .
drwxrwxr\-x user   user          0 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code
drwxrwxr\-x user   user          0 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code/myproject
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- user   user    1416192 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- user   user    1416192 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.text
\&...

$ borg list archiveA \-\-pattern \(aq+ re:\e.ext$\(aq \-\-pattern \(aq\- re:^.*$\(aq
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- user   user    1416192 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
\&...

$ borg list archiveA \-\-pattern \(aq+ re:.ext$\(aq \-\-pattern \(aq\- re:^.*$\(aq
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- user   user    1416192 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.ext
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- user   user    1416192 Sun, 2015\-02\-01 11:00:00 code/myproject/file.text
\&...
.EE
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.SH NOTES
.SS The FORMAT specifier syntax
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The \fB\-\-format\fP option uses Python\(aqs format string syntax \%<https://\:docs\:.python\:.org/\:3\:.11/\:library/\:string\:.html#\:formatstrings>\&.
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Examples:
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.EX
$ borg list \-\-format \(aq{mode} {user:6} {group:6} {size:8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}\(aq ArchiveFoo
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\- user   user       1024 Thu, 2021\-12\-09 10:22:17 file\-foo
\&...

# {VAR:<NUMBER} \- pad to NUMBER columns left\-aligned.
# {VAR:>NUMBER} \- pad to NUMBER columns right\-aligned.
$ borg list \-\-format \(aq{mode} {user:>6} {group:>6} {size:<8} {mtime} {path}{extra}{NL}\(aq ArchiveFoo
\-rw\-rw\-r\-\-   user   user 1024     Thu, 2021\-12\-09 10:22:17 file\-foo
\&...
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The following keys are always available:
\- NEWLINE: OS dependent line separator
\- NL: alias of NEWLINE
\- NUL: NUL character for creating print0 / xargs \-0 like output
\- SPACE: space character
\- TAB: tab character
\- CR: carriage return character
\- LF: line feed character
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Keys available only when listing files in an archive:
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.IP \(bu 2
type: file type (file, dir, symlink, ...)
.IP \(bu 2
mode: file mode (as in stat)
.IP \(bu 2
uid: user id of file owner
.IP \(bu 2
gid: group id of file owner
.IP \(bu 2
user: user name of file owner
.IP \(bu 2
group: group name of file owner
.IP \(bu 2
path: file path
.IP \(bu 2
target: link target for symlinks
.IP \(bu 2
hlid: hard link identity (same if hardlinking same fs object)
.IP \(bu 2
inode: inode number
.IP \(bu 2
flags: file flags
.IP \(bu 2
size: file size
.IP \(bu 2
num_chunks: number of chunks in this file
.IP \(bu 2
mtime: file modification time
.IP \(bu 2
ctime: file change time
.IP \(bu 2
atime: file access time
.IP \(bu 2
isomtime: file modification time (ISO 8601 format)
.IP \(bu 2
isoctime: file change time (ISO 8601 format)
.IP \(bu 2
isoatime: file access time (ISO 8601 format)
.IP \(bu 2
fingerprint: Fingerprint of the file content (may have false negatives), format: H(conditions)\-H(chunk_ids)
.IP \(bu 2
blake2b
.IP \(bu 2
blake2s
.IP \(bu 2
md5
.IP \(bu 2
sha1
.IP \(bu 2
sha224
.IP \(bu 2
sha256
.IP \(bu 2
sha384
.IP \(bu 2
sha3_224
.IP \(bu 2
sha3_256
.IP \(bu 2
sha3_384
.IP \(bu 2
sha3_512
.IP \(bu 2
sha512
.IP \(bu 2
archiveid: internal ID of the archive
.IP \(bu 2
archivename: name of the archive
.IP \(bu 2
extra: prepends {target} with \(dq \-> \(dq for soft links and \(dq link to \(dq for hard links
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIborg\-common(1)\fP, \fIborg\-info(1)\fP, \fIborg\-diff(1)\fP, \fIborg\-prune(1)\fP, \fIborg\-patterns(1)\fP, \fIborg\-repo\-list(1)\fP
.SH Author
The Borg Collective
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