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
  …
  

• 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.