httm

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "[![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/637475.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/637475)\n\n# `httm`\n\n*The dream of a CLI Time Machine is still alive with `httm`.*\n\n`httm` prints the size, date and corresponding locations of available unique versions (deduplicated by modify time and size) of files residing on snapshots, but can also be used *interactively* to select and restore files, even snapshot mounts by file! `httm` might change the way you use snapshots (because ZFS/BTRFS/NILFS2 aren\u0027t designed to find unique file versions) or the Time Machine concept (because `httm` is very fast!).\n\n`httm` boasts an array of seductive features, like:\n\n* Search for versions of multiple files on distinct datasets simultaneously\n* Search for and recursively list deleted files.  *Even browse files hidden behind deleted directories*.\n* List file snapshots from *all* local pools (detect local snapshot versions *as well as* locally replicated snapshot versions)!\n* List file snapshots from remote backup pools (even overlay replicated remote snapshot directories over live directories).\n* For use with `rsync`-ed non-ZFS/BTRFS/NILFS2/APFS local datasets (like ext4, XFS, or NTFS), not just ZFS/BTRFS/NILFS2 snapshots and TM backups.\n* Optionally preview snapshot file versions with a custom command (default is a `diff` compare to the live version)\n* List or even snapshot the mounts for a file directly\n* Roll *forward* to a previous snapshots, instead of rolling back (avoids destroying interstitial snapshots)\n* Guard any restore actions with precautionary snapshots\n* List snapshot names, even prune snapshots, which include a file name\n* Shortcut features: only display last snapshot, omit duplicates of the live file, etc.\n* Verification level: Like `rsync`, `httm` can determine whether file is unique based solely on metadata, or use checksums\n* 4 native interactive modes: browse, select, prune and restore\n* ANSI `ls` colors from your environment\n* Detect and display categories of unique file version",
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