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add examples for --paths-from-stdin, --paths-from-command, --paths-separator (#5644)

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docs: add examples for --paths-from-stdin, --paths-from-command, --paths-separator
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@ -74,3 +74,14 @@ Examples
$ cd /home/user/Documents
# The root directory of the archive will be "projectA"
$ borg create /path/to/repo::daily-projectA-{now:%Y-%m-%d} projectA
# Use external command to determine files to archive
# Use --paths-from-stdin with find to only backup files less than 1MB in size
$ find ~ -size -1000k | borg create --paths-from-stdin /path/to/repo::small-files-only
# Use --paths-from-command with find to only backup files from a given user
$ borg create --paths-from-command /path/to/repo::joes-files -- find /srv/samba/shared -user joe
# Use --paths-from-stdin with --paths-delimiter (for example, for filenames with newlines in them)
$ find ~ -size -1000k -print0 | borg create \
--paths-from-stdin \
--paths-delimiter "\0" \
/path/to/repo::smallfiles-handle-newline