lsinitrd — tool to show the contents of an initramfs image
Synopsis
lsinitrd [OPTION...] [<image> [<filename> [<filename> [...] ]]]
lsinitrd [OPTION...] -k <kernel-version>
Description
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
- -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>.
- -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://dracut.wiki.kernel.org