Linux NTFS - NTFSLS (8)

NAME

ntfsls - list directory contents on an NTFS filesystem

SYNOPSIS

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

-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 terminology.
-l, --long	Use a long listing format.
-p, --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.
-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, --version
	Print the version number of ntfsls and exit.
-v, --verbose
	Display more debug/warning/error messages.
-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

We are not aware of any bugs. If you find a bug, please report it to linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net Thank you.

AUTHOR

This version of ntfsls has been written by Lode Leroy and enhanced by Anton Altaparmakov. This man page has been written by Anton Altaparmakov.

AVAILABILITY

ntfsls is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available for download from http://linux-ntfs.sourceforge.net in source (tar ball and rpm) and pre-compiled binary (i386 rpm and deb) form.

SEE ALSO

ntfsprogs(8)