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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 di‐
       rectory  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  command,
       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 namespace
              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  terminol‐
              ogy.

       -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 describing
       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)

ntfs-3g 2022.10.3                           November 2005                                  NTFSLS(8)