LSINITRD(1)                        dracut                        LSINITRD(1)

NAME         top

       lsinitrd - tool to show the contents of an initramfs image

SYNOPSIS         top

       lsinitrd [OPTION...] [<image> [<filename> [<filename> [...] ]]]

       lsinitrd [OPTION...] -k <kernel-version>

DESCRIPTION         top

       lsinitrd shows the contents of an initramfs image. if <image> is
       omitted, then lsinitrd uses the default image
       /boot/<machine-id>/<kernel-version>/initrd or
       /boot/initramfs-<kernel-version>.img.

OPTIONS         top

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

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

       -f, --file <filename>
           print the contents of <filename>.

       -k, --kver <kernel version>
           inspect the initramfs of <kernel version>.

       --unpack
           unpack the initramfs to the current directory, instead of
           displaying the contents.

       --unpackearly
           unpack the early microcode initramfs to the current directory,
           instead of displaying the contents.

       -v, --verbose
           unpack verbosely

AVAILABILITY         top

       The lsinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available
       from https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org 

AUTHORS         top

       Harald Hoyer

       Amerigo Wang

       Nikoli

SEE ALSO         top

       dracut(8)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of the dracut (event driven initramfs
       infrastructure) project.  Information about the project can be found
       at ⟨https://dracut.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page⟩.  If you have
       a bug report for this manual page, send it to
       initramfs@vger.kernel.org.  This page was obtained from the project's
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       ⟨git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/boot/dracut/dracut.git⟩ on 2018-02-02.
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dracut                           04/19/2016                      LSINITRD(1)

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