nix3-store-ls(1)

show information about a path in the Nix store Cnix store ls [option] path To list the contents of a store path in a bin

Section 1 nix-bin bookworm source

Description

nix3-store-ls

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/ -lR /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
â¦

To show information about a specific file in a binary cache:

# nix store ls --store https://cache.nixos.org/ -l /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.