mngr-file

Read, write, and list files on agents and hosts.

A plugin for mngr that adds the mngr file command with get, put, and list subcommands.

Usage

# Read a file from an agent (prints to stdout)
mngr file get my-agent config.toml

# Read a file and save locally
mngr file get my-agent config.toml --output local-config.toml

# Write a file to an agent from a local file
mngr file put my-agent config.toml --input local-config.toml

# Write stdin to a file on an agent
echo "hello" | mngr file put my-agent greeting.txt

# List files in an agent's work directory
mngr file list my-agent

# List files recursively
mngr file list my-agent -R

# List files in a specific subdirectory
mngr file list my-agent src/

# Use absolute paths (bypasses --relative-to)
mngr file get my-agent /etc/hostname

Target

TARGET can be either an agent name/ID or a host name/ID. If the identifier matches both an agent and a host, an error is raised asking you to use the full ID for disambiguation.

Path resolution

Paths can be absolute or relative. Relative paths are resolved against a base directory that depends on the target type:

Agent targets use --relative-to to select the base directory:

• work (default): the agent's working directory
• state: the agent's state directory ($MNGR_AGENT_STATE_DIR)
• host: the host directory ($MNGR_HOST_DIR)

Host targets always resolve relative paths against the host directory ($MNGR_HOST_DIR).

Options

Output format

All subcommands support standard mngr output options (--output-format, --format).

Field selection (list only)

• --fields name,size,modified -- select which columns to display
• Available fields: name, path, file_type, size, modified, permissions

File options (put only)

• --mode 0644 -- set file permissions on the remote file