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
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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 …
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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
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--directory/-dShow directories rather than their contents. 
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Produce output in JSON format, suitable for consumption by another program. 
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--long/-lShow detailed file information. 
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--recursive/-RList subdirectories recursively. 
Logging-related options
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Set the logging verbosity level to 'debug'. 
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--log-formatformatSet the format of log output; one of raw,internal-json,barorbar-with-logs.
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--print-build-logs/-LPrint full build logs on standard error. 
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Decrease the logging verbosity level. 
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--verbose/-vIncrease the logging verbosity level. 
Miscellaneous global options
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Show usage information. 
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Disable substituters and consider all previously downloaded files up-to-date. 
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--optionname valueSet the Nix configuration setting name to value (overriding nix.conf).
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Consider all previously downloaded files out-of-date. 
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Show version information. 
Note
See
man nix.conffor overriding configuration settings with command line flags.