# Reverse range read in \`fdbcli\`

**URL:** <https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/reverse-range-read-in-fdbcli/2247>\
**Category:** Using FoundationDB\
**Created:** [July 15, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/reverse-range-read-in-fdbcli/2247 "2020-07-15T21:15:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Daniel-B-Smith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/daniel-b-smith/32/743_2.png) [@Daniel-B-Smith](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/Daniel-B-Smith)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/reverse-range-read-in-fdbcli/2247/1 "2020-07-15T21:15:00Z")

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From the code, I would assume that `getrange abc def -25` would work, but that returns `ERROR: bad limit`. Is there a way to do a reverse range read from fdbcli?

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**Author:** ![ajbeamon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/foundationdb/user_avatar/forums.foundationdb.org/ajbeamon/32/13_2.png) [@ajbeamon](https://forums.foundationdb.org/u/ajbeamon)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/reverse-range-read-in-fdbcli/2247/2 "2020-08-03T15:08:44Z")

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I don’t think reverse range reads are currently supported in `fdbcli`, but feel free to raise an issue if this is something you need.