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.\"     Title: lsinitcpio
.\"    Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section]
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.\"      Date: 2026-08-11
.\"    Manual: mkinitcpio manual
.\"    Source: mkinitcpio 41.1
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "LSINITCPIO" "1" "2026-08-11" "mkinitcpio 41.1" "mkinitcpio manual"
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.SH "NAME"
lsinitcpio \- Examine an initramfs
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\fIlsinitcpio\fP [action] [options] \fIimage\fP
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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Examines the contents of an initcpio image. Without any options, \fIlsinitcpio\fP
simply lists the contents of an image.
.SH "ACTIONS"
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\fB\-a\fP, \fB\-\-analyze\fP
.RS 4
Analyze the contents of the specified image and print output in human
readable form.
.RE
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\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-config\fP
.RS 4
Show the configuration file the given image was built with.
.RE
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\fB\-l\fP, \fB\-\-list\fP
.RS 4
List the contents of the archive. This is the default action. Pass the \fB\-v\fP
flag for more detailed results.
.RE
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\fB\-x\fP, \fB\-\-extract\fP
.RS 4
Extract the given image to the current working directory.
.RE
.SH "OPTIONS"
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\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP
.RS 4
Output a short overview of available command\-line switches.
.RE
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\fB\-n\fP, \fB\-\-nocolor\fP
.RS 4
Disable color output.
.RE
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\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP
.RS 4
Display version information.
.RE
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\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose\fP
.RS 4
Be more verbose. In particular, show long style output when listing
the contents of an image, and show files as they are extracted when
the \fB\-x\fP option is given.
.RE
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\fB\-\-cpio\fP
.RS 4
List or extract only the main CPIO image.
.RE
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\fB\-\-early\fP
.RS 4
List or extract only the early CPIO image if it exists. See \fBmkinitcpio(8)\fP
for more information about early CPIO images.
.RE
.SH "BUGS"
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Upon writing this man page, there were no noticeable bugs present. Please visit
.URL "https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio/\-/issues" "" ""
for an
up to date list.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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\fBmkinitcpio\fP(8)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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mkinitcpio is maintained by the Arch Linux community. Refer to the \fIAUTHORS\fP
file for a full list of contributors.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Copyright 🄯 mkinitcpio contributors. GPL\-2.0\-only.