Manual: lsinitrd

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NAME
       lsinitrd - tool to show the contents of an initramfs image

SYNOPSIS
       lsinitrd ['OPTION...'] [ [ [ [...] ]]]

       lsinitrd ['OPTION...'] -k 

DESCRIPTION
       lsinitrd shows the contents of an initramfs image. if  is omitted, then lsinitrd determines the default
       location based on the local configuration or Linux distribution policy.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	   print a help message and exit.

       -s, --size
	   sort the contents of the initramfs by size.

       -f, --file 
	   print the contents of .

       -k, --kver 
	   inspect the initramfs of .

       -m, --mod
	   list dracut modules included of the initramfs image.

       --unpack
	   unpack the initramfs to the current directory, instead of displaying the contents. If optional filenames are
	   given, will only unpack specified files, else the whole image will be unpacked. Won’t unpack anything from early
	   cpio part.

       --unpackearly
	   unpack the early microcode initramfs to the current directory, instead of displaying the contents. Same as
	   --unpack, but only unpack files from early cpio part.

       -v, --verbose
	   unpack verbosely

AVAILABILITY
       The lsinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available from https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng ""
       <"https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng">

AUTHORS
       Harald Hoyer

       Amerigo Wang

       Nikoli

SEE ALSO
       man:dracut[8]

dracut							 2026-04-13						 LSINITRD(1)