NAME

       restic-dump - Print a backed-up file to stdout

SYNOPSIS

       restic dump [flags] snapshotID file

DESCRIPTION

       The "dump" command extracts a single file from a snapshot from the repository and prints
       its contents to stdout.

       The special snapshot "latest" can be used to use the latest snapshot in the repository.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help[=false]
           help for dump

       -H, --host=""
           only consider snapshots for this host when the snapshot ID is "latest"

       --path=[]
           only consider snapshots which include this (absolute) path for snapshot ID "latest"

       --tag=[]
           only consider snapshots which include this taglist for snapshot ID "latest"

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

       --cacert=[]
           path to load root certificates from (default: use system certificates)

       --cache-dir=""
           set the cache directory

       --cleanup-cache[=false]
           auto remove old cache directories

       --json[=false]
           set output mode to JSON for commands that support it

       --limit-download=0
           limits downloads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --limit-upload=0
           limits uploads to a maximum rate in KiB/s. (default: unlimited)

       --no-cache[=false]
           do not use a local cache

       --no-lock[=false]
           do not lock the repo, this allows some operations on read-only repos

       -o, --option=[]
           set extended option (key=value, can be specified multiple times)

       -p, --password-file=""
           read the repository password from a file (default: $RESTIC_PASSWORD_FILE)

       -q, --quiet[=false]
           do not output comprehensive progress report

       -r, --repo=""
           repository to backup to or restore from (default: $RESTIC_REPOSITORY)

       --tls-client-cert=""
           path to a file containing PEM encoded TLS client certificate and private key

SEE ALSO

       restic(1)