{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "lsinitramfs",
    "section": "8",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/lsinitramfs/8/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T07:08:50Z",
    "synopsis": "lsinitramfs [-l] initramfs-file...",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "lsinitramfs - list content of an initramfs image\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "lsinitramfs [-l] initramfs-file...",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "lsinitramfs -h",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The lsinitramfs command lists the content of given initramfs images. It allows one to quickly\ncheck the content of one (or multiple) specified initramfs files.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-h",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-l",
                    "content": "",
                    "flag": "-l"
                }
            ]
        },
        "USAGE EXAMPLES": {
            "content": "List initramfs content of current running kernel:\n\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r)",
                    "content": "List content of two initramfs files in verbose mode:\n\n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "lsinitramfs -l /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-grml64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-grml64",
                    "content": ""
                }
            ]
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "lsinitramfs cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, except where an early  (un‐\ncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to the regular compressed initramfs.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHOR": {
            "content": "The initramfs-tools are written by Maximilian Attems <maks@debian.org> and numerous others.\n\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "initramfs-tools(7), mkinitramfs(8), unmkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).\n\n\n\ninitramfs-tools                              2015/12/09                               LSINITRAMFS(8)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "lsinitramfs - list content of an initramfs image",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        },
        {
            "flag": "-l",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": ""
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "initramfs-tools",
            "section": "7",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/initramfs-tools/7/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "mkinitramfs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mkinitramfs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "unmkinitramfs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/unmkinitramfs/8/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "update-initramfs",
            "section": "8",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/update-initramfs/8/json"
        }
    ]
}