nix3-store-ls - Man Page

nix store ls [option…] path

• 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

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.

• --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.

• --no-pretty

  Print compact JSON output on a single line, even when the output is a terminal. Some commands may print multiple JSON objects on separate lines.

            See `--pretty`.

• --pretty

  Print multi-line, indented JSON output for readability.

            Default: indent if output is to a terminal.

            This option is only effective when `--json` is also specified.

• --recursive / -R

  List subdirectories recursively.