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get the last backup information

$ pgbackrest info --output json | jq '"Stanza:  " + .[].name + " (" +  .[].status.message + ") " + "Last backup completed at "  +   (.[].backup[-1].timestamp.stop | strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") )' 
"Stanza:  my-stanza (ok) Last backup completed at 2024-07-27 09:23"

get all the backups for a stanza

$ pgbackrest info --stanza my-stanza --output json | jq -r '"Stanza:  " + .[].name + " (" +  .[].status.message + ") " + " backup completed at "  +   (.[].backup[].timestamp.stop | strftime("%Y-%m-%d") ) + " of size " + (.[].backup[].info.size/1024|tostring ) + " MB"' 
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-22 of size 3578696.4814453125 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-23 of size 3578696.4814453125 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-24 of size 3578696.4814453125 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-25 of size 3578696.4814453125 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-26 of size 3582783.4150390625 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-27 of size 3582783.4150390625 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-28 of size 3582783.4150390625 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-29 of size 3582783.4150390625 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-30 of size 3585732.208984375 MB
Stanza:  my-stanza (ok)  backup completed at 2024-01-31 of size 3585732.208984375 MB

get the last backup within a set of servers

$ for server in {1..10}; do printf "Stanza server-%02d with last backup at %s\n" $server "$(  pgbackrest info --stanza $(printf '%02d' $server) --output json |  jq ' (.[0].backup[-1].timestamp.stop | strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") )' )" ; done
Stanza server-01 with last backup at "2024-01-31 09:23"
Stanza server-02 with last backup at "2024-01-31 01:23"
Stanza server-03 with last backup at "2024-01-31 02:23"
Stanza server-04 with last backup at "2024-01-31 03:23"
Stanza server-05 with last backup at "2024-01-31 05:23"