initramfs-tools/lsinitramfs.8

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.TH LSINITRAMFS 8 "2015/12/09" "initramfs\-tools" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
lsinitramfs \- list content of an initramfs image
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B lsinitramfs
.RB [ -l ]
.IR initramfs-file ...
.br
.BR lsinitramfs " " -h
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B lsinitramfs
command lists the content of given initramfs images. It allows one to quickly check
the content of one (or multiple) specified initramfs files.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -h
Display usage information and exit.
.TP
.B -l
Display long and more verbose listing of initramfs content.
.SH USAGE EXAMPLES
List initramfs content of current running kernel:
.PP
.B lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r)
List content of two initramfs files in verbose mode:
.PP
.B lsinitramfs -l /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-grml64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-grml64
.SH BUGS
.BR lsinitramfs
cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, except where an
early (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to
the regular compressed initramfs.
.SH AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org>
and numerous others.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR
.IR initramfs-tools (7),
.IR mkinitramfs (8),
.IR unmkinitramfs (8),
.IR update-initramfs (8).