# Restore single file from the command line **URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-single-file-from-the-command-line/10589 **Category:** Uncategorized **Created:** [August 24, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-single-file-from-the-command-line/10589 "2020-08-24T00:25:26Z") **Posts on this page:** 4 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![justsomeuser](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@justsomeuser](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/justsomeuser) #### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-single-file-from-the-command-line/10589/1 "2020-08-24T00:25:26Z")
i can’t seem to restore a single file from the command line, it just starts to restore everything… i tried listing the file as an argument with and without quotes. linux host. no spaces in file name or path, just an underscore. ![image](https://forum.duplicati.com/uploads/default/original/2X/6/6d5cd0315bf1224a5930cefad73ddce4109d01b3.png) ---
### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678) #### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-single-file-from-the-command-line/10589/2 "2020-08-24T18:11:12Z")
> [@justsomeuser](#): > > it just starts to restore everything Try getting rid of all the exclude lines. Some [Commands](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/04-using-duplicati-from-the-command-line/) appear to let you specify your file list either explicitly or implicitly by using [–include](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/06-advanced-options/#include) and [–exclude](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/06-advanced-options/#exclude). The latter seem to “win”. I’m not sure of the intended behavior… I’d hope that the easier (maybe) [GUI Restore](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/03-using-the-graphical-user-interface/#restoring-files-from-a-backup) gets this right. [Commandline](https://duplicati.readthedocs.io/en/latest/03-using-the-graphical-user-interface/#using-the-command-line-tools-from-within-the-graphical-user-interface) leaves it to you to edit as needed. ---
### Author: ![justsomeuser](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@justsomeuser](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/justsomeuser) #### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-single-file-from-the-command-line/10589/3 "2020-08-24T19:10:02Z")
removing the excludes did the trick. i also wasn’t sure if i had to include “” when listing the file, so i tried it both ways and it worked WITHOUT. i was previously able to restore a single file with the GUI wizard, but there’s no way to specify options. i was doing a test restore and wanted to add the option --no-local-blocks=true to do a useful test. so that’s why i ended up trying to restore with the command line option. thanks. ---
### Author: ![ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@ts678](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/ts678) #### Post date: [August 24, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/restore-single-file-from-the-command-line/10589/4 "2020-08-24T19:30:42Z")
> [@justsomeuser](#): > > there’s no way to specify options > [@justsomeuser](#): > > –no-local-blocks=true You could save that in your job options any time, but I can see why you might prefer not to do that… [Advanced options cannot be set when restoring files #2185](https://github.com/duplicati/duplicati/issues/2185) is probably the enhancement you want.