Warning
This program is experimental and its interface is subject to change.
Name
nix store ls - show information about a path in the Nix store
Synopsis
nix store ls [option...] path
Examples
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To list the contents of a store path in a binary cache:
# nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ --long --recursive /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10 dr-xr-xr-x 0 ./bin -r-xr-xr-x 38184 ./bin/hello dr-xr-xr-x 0 ./share … -
To show information about a specific file in a binary cache:
# nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ --long /nix/store/0i2jd68mp5g6h2sa5k9c85rb80sn8hi9-hello-2.10/bin/hello -r-xr-xr-x 38184 hello
Description
This command shows information about path in a Nix store. path can be a top-level store path or any file inside a store path.
Options
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--directory/-dShow directories rather than their contents. -
--jsonProduce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program. -
--long/-lShow detailed file information. -
--recursive/-RList subdirectories recursively.
Logging-related options:
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--debugSet the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. -
--log-formatformat Set the format of log output; one ofraw,internal-json,bar,bar-with-logs,multilineormultiline-with-logs. -
--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error. -
--quietDecrease the logging verbosity level. -
--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level.
Miscellaneous global options:
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--helpShow usage information. -
--offlineDisable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. -
--optionname value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overridingnix.conf). -
--refreshConsider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. -
--versionShow version information.
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.