NTFSLS(8) System Manager's Manual NTFSLS(8)
NAME
ntfsls - list directory contents on an NTFS filesystem
SYNOPSIS
ntfsls [options] device
ntfsls [ -a | --all ] [ -F | --classify ] [ -f | --force ] [ -h | --help ] [ -i | --inode
] [ -l | --long ] [ -p | --path PATH ] [ -q | --quiet ] [ -s | --system ] [ -V | --version
] [ -v | --verbose ] [ -x | --dos ] device
DESCRIPTION
ntfsls is used to list information about the files specified by the PATH option (the root
directory by default). DEVICE is the special file corresponding to the device (e.g
/dev/hdXX) or an NTFS image file.
OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that ntfsls accepts. Nearly all options have two
equivalent names. The short name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --.
Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single com-
mand, e.g. -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any
unique prefix of their name.
-a, --all
Display all files. If this option is not specified file names in the POSIX name-
space will not be displayed.
-F, --classify
Append indicator (one of */=@|) to entries.
-f, --force
Force execution. For example necessary to run on an NTFS partition stored in a
normal file.
-h, --help
Print the usage information of ntfsls and exit.
-i, --inode
Print inode number of each file. This is the MFT reference number in NTFS termi-
nology.
-l, --long
Use a long listing format.
-p, --path PATH
The directory whose contents to list or the file (including the path) about which
to display information.
-q, --quiet
Suppress some debug/warning/error messages.
-R, --recursive
Show the contents of all directories beneath the specified directory.
-s, --system
Unless this options is specified, all files beginning with a dollar sign character
will not be listed as these files are usually system files.
-v, --verbose
Display more debug/warning/error messages.
-V, --version
Print the version number of ntfsls and exit.
-x, --dos
Display short file names, i.e. files in the DOS namespace, instead of long file
names, i.e. files in the WIN32 namespace.
BUGS
There are no known problems with ntfsls. If you find a bug please send an email describ-
ing the problem to the development team:
ntfs-3g-devel AT lists.net
AUTHORS
This version of ntfsls was written by Lode Leroy, Anton Altaparmakov, Richard Russon,
Carmelo Kintana and Giang Nguyen. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.
AVAILABILITY
ntfsls is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/
SEE ALSO
ntfsprogs(8)
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