# How to restore a single folder via CLI?

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-restore-a-single-folder-via-cli/14801
**Category:** How-To
**Created:** [August 4, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-restore-a-single-folder-via-cli/14801 "2022-08-04T15:43:00Z")
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#### Post date: [August 5, 2022, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-restore-a-single-folder-via-cli/14801/6 "2022-08-05T16:34:36Z")

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Nice expansion and tests. I’m afraid the manual is a bit weak. [Writers](https://github.com/kees-z/DuplicatiDocs) are welcome.

> [@JimboJones](#):
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> it seems if your backups are unencrypted you still need to provide a passphrase

I do little CLI, but I think I saw that [no-encryption](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/06-advanced-options/#no-encryption) is how to indicate it’s unencrypted.

> [@JimboJones](#):
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> CLI operations are not shown or recorded in the GUI.

CLI operates independently, but if you’re doing both GUI and CLI and give the GUI [database](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/03-using-the-graphical-user-interface/#database-management) path to the CLI run via [dbpath](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/06-advanced-options/#dbpath), then the two are connected through the database, so visibility works from either way.

You won’t get real-time CLI status in the GUI, and GUI settings don’t go to CLI. You supply all its options.

I’m not even sure if anyone had mixing in mind, but it seemed worth mentioning because some want to…

> [@StefanBrand](#):
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> You certainly can (I’m investigating myself in this very moment.).

Thanks for confirming.

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