Common command line flags

The following flags apply to multiple commands where they are relevant.

Flags

--age-recipient recipient

Temporarily override the age recipient for this command. This only has an effect if age encryption is configured and the --encrypt flag is passed, and cannot be combined with --age-recipient-file.

--age-recipient-file recipient-file

Temporarily override the age recipient for this command. This only has an effect if age encryption is configured and the --encrypt flag is passed, and cannot be combined with --age-recipient.

-x, --exclude types

--8<-- "common-flags/exclude.md"

-f, --format json|yaml

--8<-- "common-flags/format.md"

-h, --help

Print help.

-i, --include types

--8<-- "common-flags/include.md"

--init

--8<-- "common-flags/init.md"

--override-data json-data

--8<-- "common-flags/override-data.md"

--override-data-file filename

--8<-- "common-flags/override-data-file.md"

-P, --parent-dirs

--8<-- "common-flags/parent-dirs.md"

-p, --path-style style

--8<-- "common-flags/path-style.md:all"

-r, --recursive

--8<-- "common-flags/recursive.md:default-false"

--tree

--8<-- "common-flags/tree.md"

Available entry types

You can provide a list of entry types, separated by commas. Types can be preceded with no to remove them, e.g. scripts,noalways.

Type	Description
all	All entries
none	No entries
dirs	Directories
files	Files
remove	Removes
scripts	Scripts
symlinks	Symbolic links
always	Scripts that are always run
encrypted	Encrypted entries
externals	External entries
templates	Templates