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/ --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
       …

       •  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

       •  --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.

   Logging-related options
       •  --debug

          Set the logging verbosity level to ‘debug’.

       •  --log-format format

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

       •  --print-build-logs / -L

          Print full build logs on standard error.

       •  --quiet

          Decrease the logging verbosity level.

       •  --verbose / -v

          Increase the logging verbosity level.

   Miscellaneous global options
       •  --help

          Show usage information.

       •  --offline

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

       •  --option name value

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

       •  --refresh

          Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date.

       •  --version

          Show version information.

          Note

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

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