[GH-ISSUE #925] Any possibility of reading a topic via ntfy cli from the past? #650

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opened 2026-05-07 00:26:17 +02:00 by BreizhHardware · 4 comments

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:26:17 +02:00

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Originally created by @K0-RR on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/925

Both Android and web app allow for reading notifications sent BEFORE subscribing to the topic. This doesn't seem to be the case for the Linux app.

Originally created by @K0-RR on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/binwiederhier/ntfy/issues/925 Both Android and web app allow for reading notifications sent BEFORE subscribing to the topic. This doesn't seem to be the case for the Linux app.

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@wunter8 commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023):

Are you talking about the ntfy sub CLI tool? If so, use the since flag. For example, you can do ntfy sub --since all topic to get the messages in the cache for that topic. The shorthand ntfy sub -s all topic also works. See ntfy sub help for more info

@wunter8 commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023): Are you talking about the `ntfy sub` CLI tool? If so, use the `since` flag. For example, you can do `ntfy sub --since all topic` to get the messages in the cache for that topic. The shorthand `ntfy sub -s all topic` also works. See `ntfy sub help` for more info

BreizhHardware commented

2026-05-07 00:26:18 +02:00

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@K0-RR commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023):

Yes, -s all did the trick, thanks. The next problem appears - is there any way to convert the unix timestamp into a human-readable time format without using external tools?
I suggest making it print both unix and regular time.

@K0-RR commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023): Yes, -s all did the trick, thanks. The next problem appears - is there any way to convert the unix timestamp into a human-readable time format without using external tools? I suggest making it print both unix and regular time.

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2026-05-07 00:26:18 +02:00

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@wunter8 commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023):

Not right now, no. You could use jq to parse the JSON and change the value, but I recognize that's an external tool

@wunter8 commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023): Not right now, no. You could use `jq` to parse the JSON and change the value, but I recognize that's an external tool

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2026-05-07 00:26:18 +02:00

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@K0-RR commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023):

Ok, at least jq seems to be installed by default on my OS.
For anyone wondering, the command I used is ntfy sub -s all topic_name | jq '.time |= strflocaltime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")'

@K0-RR commented on GitHub (Oct 20, 2023): Ok, at least jq seems to be installed by default on my OS. For anyone wondering, the command I used is `ntfy sub -s all topic_name | jq '.time |= strflocaltime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")' `

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