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# NAME
git-annex examinekey - prints information from a key
# SYNOPSIS
git annex examinekey `[key ...]`
# DESCRIPTION
This plumbing-level command is given a key, and prints information
that can be determined purely by looking at the key.
# OPTIONS
* `--format=value`
Use custom output formatting.
The value is a format string, in which '${var}' is expanded to the
value of a variable. To right-justify a variable with whitespace,
use '${var;width}' ; to left-justify a variable, use '${var;-width}';
to escape unusual characters in a variable, use '${escaped_var}'
These variables are available for use in formats: key, backend,
bytesize, humansize, keyname, hashdirlower, hashdirmixed, mtime (for
the mtime field of a WORM key).
Also, '\\n' is a newline, '\\000' is a NULL, etc.
* `--json`
Enable JSON output. This is intended to be parsed by programs that use
git-annex. Each line of output is a JSON object.
# EXAMPLES
The location a key's value is stored (in indirect mode)
can be looked up by running:
git annex examinekey $KEY --format='.git/annex/objects/${hashdirmixed}${key}/${key}'
# SEE ALSO
[[git-annex]](1)
# AUTHOR
Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
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