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nvme-exclusion-list - List NVMe-oF exclusion lists or their entries

nvme [<global-options>] exclusion list [--name=<NAME> | -N <NAME>]

Without --name, print every exclusion list and its entries: the main hand-edited /etc/nvme/exclusions.conf first, shown as (default), then each named list under /etc/nvme/exclusions.conf.d/. With --name, print the entries of that one list.

An entry that can never match is marked # invalid: never matches. An entry is invalid when it uses an unknown key, a token without =, an empty value, or a hostname where the transport requires a numeric address. Add --verbose to log the reason for each one.

This command is read-only and does not require root.

-N <NAME>, --name=<NAME>

List the entries in the named exclusion list. Omit to list all exclusion lists instead.

The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:

--dry-run

Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.

--no-ioctl-probing

Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.

--no-retries

Disable retry logic on transient errors.

-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt>

Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.

--output-format-version=<version>

Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names.

--timeout=<ms>

Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.

These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.

•Show every exclusion list and its entries: 
# nvme exclusion list
•Show the entries in the user list: 
# nvme exclusion list --name user

nvme-exclusion-add(1) nvme-exclusion-remove(1) nvme-exclusion-create(1) nvme-disconnect(1)

Part of the nvme-user suite

09/07/2026 NVMe