nix store ls - Lix Reference Manual

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> 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

- 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

- `--directory` / `-d` Show directories rather than their contents.

- `--json` Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program.

- `--long` / `-l` Show detailed file information.

- `--recursive` / `-R` List subdirectories recursively.

Logging-related options:

- `--debug` Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'.

- `--print-build-logs` / `-L` Print full build logs on standard error.

- `--quiet` Decrease the logging verbosity level.

- `--verbose` / `-v` Increase the logging verbosity level.

Miscellaneous global options:

- `--help` Show usage information.

- `--offline` Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date.

- `--option` name value Set the Lix configuration setting name to value (overriding `nix.conf`).

- `--refresh` Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

- `--version` Show version information.

> Note

> See `man nix.conf` for overriding configuration settings with command line flags.