PLAKAR-CAT(1)
General Commands Manual
PLAKAR-CAT(1)
NAME
plakar-cat —
Display file contents from a Plakar
snapshot
SYNOPSIS
plakar cat |
[-decompress]
[-highlight]
snapshotID:path ... |
DESCRIPTION
The plakar cat command outputs the
contents of path 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:
-decompress- If set, Plakar attempts to decompress application/gzip files.
-highlight- Apply syntax highlighting to the output based on the file type.
EXIT STATUS
The plakar-cat utility exits 0 on
success, and >0 if an error occurs.
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
SEE ALSO
Plakar May 5,
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