diff --git a/src/cmds/restic/find.go b/src/cmds/restic/find.go
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+++ b/src/cmds/restic/find.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"restic"
+	"restic/repository"
+)
+
+// FindFilteredSnapshots yields Snapshots, either given explicitly by `snapshotIDs` or filtered from the list of all snapshots.
+func FindFilteredSnapshots(ctx context.Context, repo *repository.Repository, host string, tags []string, paths []string, snapshotIDs []string) <-chan *restic.Snapshot {
+	out := make(chan *restic.Snapshot)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(out)
+		if len(snapshotIDs) != 0 {
+			var (
+				id         restic.ID
+				usedFilter bool
+				err        error
+			)
+			ids := make(restic.IDs, 0, len(snapshotIDs))
+			// Process all snapshot IDs given as arguments.
+			for _, s := range snapshotIDs {
+				if s == "latest" {
+					id, err = restic.FindLatestSnapshot(repo, paths, tags, host)
+					if err != nil {
+						Warnf("Ignoring %q, no snapshot matched given filter (Paths:%v Tags:%v Host:%v)\n", s, paths, tags, host)
+						usedFilter = true
+						continue
+					}
+				} else {
+					id, err = restic.FindSnapshot(repo, s)
+					if err != nil {
+						Warnf("Ignoring %q, it is not a snapshot id\n", s)
+						continue
+					}
+				}
+				ids = append(ids, id)
+			}
+
+			// Give the user some indication their filters are not used.
+			if !usedFilter && (host != "" || len(tags) != 0 || len(paths) != 0) {
+				Warnf("Ignoring filters as there are explicit snapshot ids given\n")
+			}
+
+			for _, id := range ids.Uniq() {
+				sn, err := restic.LoadSnapshot(repo, id)
+				if err != nil {
+					Warnf("Ignoring %q, could not load snapshot: %v\n", id, err)
+					continue
+				}
+				select {
+				case <-ctx.Done():
+					return
+				case out <- sn:
+				}
+			}
+			return
+		}
+
+		for id := range repo.List(restic.SnapshotFile, ctx.Done()) {
+			sn, err := restic.LoadSnapshot(repo, id)
+			if err != nil {
+				Warnf("Ignoring %q, could not load snapshot: %v\n", id, err)
+				continue
+			}
+			if (host != "" && host != sn.Hostname) || !sn.HasTags(tags) || !sn.HasPaths(paths) {
+				continue
+			}
+			select {
+			case <-ctx.Done():
+				return
+			case out <- sn:
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+	return out
+}