8. System administration commands (usually only for root)
LSINITRAMFS
Section: System Administration (8)Updated: 2015/12/09
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NAME
lsinitramfs - list content of an initramfs imageSYNOPSIS
lsinitramfs [-l] initramfs-file...lsinitramfs -h
DESCRIPTION
The lsinitramfs command lists the content of given initramfs images. It allows one to quickly check the content of one (or multiple) specified initramfs files.OPTIONS
- -h
-
Display usage information and exit.
- -l
-
Display long and more verbose listing of initramfs content.
USAGE EXAMPLES
List initramfs content of current running kernel:
lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r)
List content of two initramfs files in verbose mode:
lsinitramfs -l /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-grml64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-grml64
BUGS
lsinitramfs cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, except where an early (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to the regular compressed initramfs.AUTHOR
The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org> and numerous others.SEE ALSO
initramfs-tools(7), mkinitramfs(8), unmkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).
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