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Problem

How to use the filen command: Interface with Filen, an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service. More information: <https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-cli>.

Solution

filen — Interface with Filen, an end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service. More information: <https://github.com/FilenCloudDienste/filen-cli>.

Enter interactive mode:

filen

Upload a local file to a specific remote folder:

filen upload {{path/to/local_file}} {{remote_folder_id}}

Download a file or folder using its remote ID:

filen download {{remote_id}} {{path/to/local_destination}}

List files and folders inside a remote folder:

filen ls {{remote_folder}}

Delete a remote file or folder (move it to trash):

filen rm {{remote_id}}

Restore a trashed item:

filen trash restore {{remote_id}}

Synchronize a local folder with a remote folder (two-way sync):

filen sync {{path/to/local_folder}}:/{{remote_folder}} --continuous

Download changes from the cloud to a local folder (one-way sync):

filen sync {{path/to/local_folder}}:ctl:/{{remote_folder}}

Code Snippets

Enter interactive mode

filen

Upload a local file to a specific remote folder

filen upload {{path/to/local_file}} {{remote_folder_id}}

Download a file or folder using its remote ID

filen download {{remote_id}} {{path/to/local_destination}}

List files and folders inside a remote folder

filen ls {{remote_folder}}

Delete a remote file or folder (move it to trash)

filen rm {{remote_id}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/filen

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