initrd-ls(1)

initrd-ls(1) General Commands Manual initrd-ls(1)

NAME

initrd-ls - shows contents of initrd archive

SYNOPSIS

initrd-ls [options] initramfs

DESCRIPTION

Displays initramfs contents in a format similar to ls command. If initramfs contains more than one cpio archive, utility will show all of them. Archives can be compressed. In this case, utility will take a look inside.

OPTIONS

--no-mtime

Hide modification time.

-b, --brief

Show only brief information about archive parts.

-n, --name

Show only filenames.

-C, --compression

Show compression method for each archive.

-V, --version

Show version of program and exit.

-h, --help

Show this text and exit.

AUTHOR

Written by Alexey Gladkov.

BUGS

Report bugs to the authors.

2026-06-13