nix3-store-ls(1)            General Commands Manual           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
       o  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
       <?>

       o  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
       o  --directory / -d

          Show directories rather than their contents.

       o  --json

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

       o  --long / -l

          Show detailed file information.

       o  --recursive / -R

          List subdirectories recursively.

   Logging-related options
       o  --debug

          Set the logging verbosity level to `debug'.

       o  --log-format format

          Set the format of log output; one of raw, internal-json, bar or bar-
          with-logs.

       o  --print-build-logs / -L

          Print full build logs on standard error.

       o  --quiet

          Decrease the logging verbosity level.

       o  --verbose / -v

          Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
       o  --help

          Show usage information.

       o  --offline

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

       o  --option name value

          Set the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding
          nix.conf).

       o  --refresh

          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       o  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

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

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