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cat
| 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.
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
| August 6, 2025 | Plakar |
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