[[cat-snapshots]]
=== cat snapshots

The `snapshots` command shows all snapshots that belong to a specific repository.
To find a list of available repositories to query, the command `/_cat/repositories` can be used.
Querying the snapshots of a repository named `repo1` then looks as follows.

[source,js]
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GET /_cat/snapshots/repo1?v&s=id
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// CONSOLE
// TEST[s/^/PUT \/_snapshot\/repo1\/snap1?wait_for_completion=true\n/]
// TEST[s/^/PUT \/_snapshot\/repo1\/snap2?wait_for_completion=true\n/]
// TEST[s/^/PUT \/_snapshot\/repo1\n{"type": "fs", "settings": {"location": "repo\/1"}}\n/]

Which looks like:

[source,txt]
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id     status start_epoch start_time end_epoch  end_time duration indices successful_shards failed_shards total_shards
snap1  FAILED 1445616705  18:11:45   1445616978 18:16:18     4.6m       1                 4             1            5
snap2 SUCCESS 1445634298  23:04:58   1445634672 23:11:12     6.2m       2                10             0           10
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// TESTRESPONSE[s/FAILED/SUCCESS/ s/14456\d+/\\d+/ s/\d+(\.\d+)?(m|s|ms)/\\d+(\\.\\d+)?(m|s|ms)/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/\d+:\d+:\d+/\\d+:\\d+:\\d+/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/1                 4             1            5/\\d+ \\d+ \\d+ \\d+/]
// TESTRESPONSE[s/2                10             0           10/\\d+ \\d+ \\d+ \\d+/]
// TESTRESPONSE[non_json]

Each snapshot contains information about when it was started and stopped.
Start and stop timestamps are available in two formats.
The `HH:MM:SS` output is simply for quick human consumption.
The epoch time retains more information, including date, and is machine sortable if the snapshot process spans days.