LSINITRD(1)

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💅 LSINITRD — the dracut girlies' peek-inside tool 💅

okay so this is lsinitrd, a page from section 1 of the manual (that's the dracut one, bestie ✨), and it's literally the tool that shows you what's inside an initramfs image. like opening the suitcase and going "ooh what's in here" 🧳🎀

✨ NAME ✨

lsinitrd — a tool to show the contents of an initramfs image 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

lsinitrd ['OPTION...'] [<image> [<filename> [<filename> [...] ]]]

lsinitrd ['OPTION...'] -k <kernel version>

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So lsinitrd shows the contents of an initramfs image. That's it, that's the vibe 💖

And here's the slay part: if you leave out <image>, lsinitrd determines the default location based on your local configuration or your Linux distribution policy. it just knows 😌✨ no cap.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -h, --help — print a help message and exit. classic, iconic, always there for you 🎀
  • -s, --size — sort the contents of the initramfs by size. biggest files first — main character energy only 🔥
  • -f, --file <filename> — print the contents of <filename>. like yes bestie let me read that 🍓
  • -k, --kver <kernel version> — inspect the initramfs of <kernel version>. very "this specific one, not the others" of it 👑
  • -m, --mod — list the dracut modules included in the initramfs image. headcount time 💀
  • --unpack — unpack the initramfs to the current directory, instead of displaying the contents. and if optional filenames are given, it will only unpack the specified files — otherwise the whole image gets unpacked. ⚠️ but lowkey important: it won't unpack anything from the early cpio part. noted, fr fr.
  • --unpackearly — unpack the early microcode initramfs to the current directory, instead of displaying the contents. same as --unpack, but only unpacks files from the early cpio part. the early one, specifically 🙈
  • -v, --verbose — unpack verbosely. it will tell you everything 🗣️💬

🌈 AVAILABILITY 🌈

The lsinitrd command is part of the dracut package and is available from:

https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng

🧚 AUTHORS 🧚

  • Harald Hoyer
  • Amerigo Wang
  • Nikoli

absolute legends, all three of them 🌟

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

man:dracut[8] — go read that one next, iykyk 📖💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — every flag, every path, every name, nothing skipped, periodt 💅✨

ok so this page is from dracut (version dated 2026-06-01), and that's the cute little bow on top of this whole manual page 🎀🫶 bye ily, go unpack something responsibly 💖

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