NAME

       lsinitramfs - list content of an initramfs image

SYNOPSIS

       lsinitramfs [options] <initramfsfile> [<initramfsfile>]

DESCRIPTION

       The  lsinitramfs  command  lists  the  content of given initramfs images. It allows one to
       quickly check the content of one (or multiple) specified initramfs files.

OPTIONS

       -h     Display usage information and exit.

       -l     Display long and more verbose listing of initramfs content.

USAGE EXAMPLES

       List initramfs content of current running kernel:

       lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-$(uname -r)

       List content of two initramfs files in verbose mode:

       lsinitramfs -l /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-grml64 /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.33-grml64

BUGS

       lsinitramfs cannot deal with multiple-segmented initramfs images, such  as  those  created
       when  an  early  (uncompressed) initramfs with system firmware is prepended to the regular
       compressed initrams, or when overlay data is appended to the initramfs.

AUTHOR

       The initramfs-tools are  written  by  Maximilian  Attems  <maks@debian.org>  and  numerous
       others.

SEE ALSO

        initramfs-tools(8), mkinitramfs(8), update-initramfs(8).