---
name: "efibootdump"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "efibootmgr"
version: "18-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/efibootdump"
---

# efibootdump(8)

dump a boot entries from a variable or a file

## NAME

efibootdump - dump a boot entries from a variable or a file

## SYNOPSIS

**efibootdump** \[**-?**\|**--help**\] \[**--usage**\]\
\
 	\[**-f** *\<file1\>* \[... **-f** *\<fileN\>*\]\]\
\
 	\[\[**-g** *{guid}*\] *\<name0\>* \[... \[*\<nameN\>*\]\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

**efibootdump** is a userspace application used to display individual UEFI boot options, from a file or a UEFI variable.  This allows e.g. saved files from efivarfs to be displayed, as well as variables on the running machine.

## OPTIONS

The following is a list of options accepted by efibootmgr:

- **-g \| --guid** *{guid}*

  Any variables specified by name have the specified GUID.

- **-f \| --file** *\<file\>*

  Read a single boot variable from the specified file.

- *\<nameN\>*

  Display the specified variable on the local machine.  If no GUID is specified, EFI Global Variable is the default.

## BUGS

Please direct any bugs, features, patches, etc. to the Red Hat bootloader team at https://github.com/rhboot/efibootmgr .

## SEE ALSO

[efibootmgr(8)](/efibootmgr/8.md)