[[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,sh]
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% curl 'localhost:9200/_cat/snapshots/repo1?v'
id     status start_epoch start_time end_epoch  end_time indices successful_shards failed_shards total_shards
snap1  FAILED 1445616705  18:11:45   1445616978 18:16:18       1                 4             1            5
snap2 SUCCESS 1445634298  23:04:58   1445634672 23:11:12       2                10             0           10
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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.