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6 lsinitrd - tool to show the contents of an initramfs image
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9 lsinitrd [OPTION...] [<image> [<filename> [<filename> [...] ]]]
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11 lsinitrd [OPTION...] -k <kernel version>
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14 lsinitrd shows the contents of an initramfs image. if <image> is
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16 /efi/<machine-id>/<kernel-version>/initrd,
17 /boot/<machine-id>/<kernel-version>/initrd,
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23 -h, --help
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26 -s, --size
27 sort the contents of the initramfs by size.
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29 -f, --file <filename>
30 print the contents of <filename>.
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32 -k, --kver <kernel version>
33 inspect the initramfs of <kernel version>.
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36 list dracut modules included of the initramfs image.
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38 --unpack
39 unpack the initramfs to the current directory, instead of
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44 --unpackearly
45 unpack the early microcode initramfs to the current directory,
46 instead of displaying the contents. Same as --unpack, but only
47 unpack files from early cpio part.
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50 unpack verbosely
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53 The lsinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available
54 from https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut
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68dracut b15d29d 11/16/2023 LSINITRD(1)