nix3-store-ls(1)

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•   --refresh Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.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