---
name: "bls"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "bacula-sd"
version: "15.0.3-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/bls"
---

# bls(8)

Bacula's 'Tape LS'

## NAME

 bls - Bacula's 'Tape LS'

## SYNOPSIS

**bls** \[*options*\] *\<device-name\>*\

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **bls** command.

## OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

- **-?**

  Show version and usage of program.

- **-b** *bootstrap*

  Specify a bootstrap file.

- **-c** *config*

  Specify configuration file.

- **-d** *nn*

  Set debug level to *nn*.

- **-dt**

  Print timestamp in debug output

- **-e \<file\>**

  Specify exclude list file.

- **-i** *\<file\>*

  Specify include list file.

- **-j**

  List jobs.

- **-k**

  List blocks.

- *(no -j or -k option)*

  List saved files

- **-L**

  Dump label.

- **-p**

  Proceed in spite of errors.

- **-V** *volumes*

  Specify volume names (separated by '\|').

- **-v**

  Set verbose mode.

## SEE ALSO

[**bscan**(8)](/bscan/8.md), [**bextract**(8)](/bextract/8.md).\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jose Luis Tallon \<jltallon@adv-solutions.net\>.

## COPYRIGHT

This man page document is released under the BSD 2-Clause license.