---
name: "h5ls"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "hdf5-tools"
version: "1.14.5+repack-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/h5ls"
---

# h5ls(1)

Prints information about a file or dataset.

## NAME

h5ls - Prints information about a file or dataset.

## SYNOPSIS

h5ls \[OPTIONS\] file \[OBJECTS...\]

## DESCRIPTION

h5ls prints selected information about file objects in the specified format.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**

  or **-?** or   **--help** Print a usage message and exit.

- **-a**

  or   **--address** Print addresses for raw data.

- **-d**

  or   **--data** Print the values of datasets.

- **-e**

  or   **--errors** Show all HDF5 error reporting.

- **-f**

  or   **--full** Print full path names instead of base names.

- **-g**

  or   **--group** Show information about a group, not its contents.

- **-l**

  or   **--label** Label members of compound datasets.

- **-r**

  or   **--recursive** List all groups recursively, avoiding cycles.

- **-s**

  or   **--string** Print 1-bytes integer datasets as ASCII.

- **-S**

  or   **--simple** Use a machine-readable output format.

- **-wN**

  or   **--width=N** Set the number of columns of output.

- **-v**

  or   **--verbose** Generate more verbose output.

- **-V**

  or   **--version** Print version number and exit.

- **-x**

  or   **--hexdump** Show raw data in hexadecimal format.

- **file**

  The file name may include a printf(3C) integer format such as %%05d to open a file family.

- **objects**

  Each object consists of an HDF5 file name optionally followed by a slash and an object name within the file (if no object is specified within the file then the contents of the root group are displayed). The file name may include a printf(3C) integer format such as "%05d" to open a file family.

## SEE ALSO

[*h5dump*(1)](/h5dump/1.md), [*h5diff*(1)](/h5diff/1.md), [*h5repart*(1)](/h5repart/1.md), [*h5import*(1)](/h5import/1.md), [*gif2h5*(1)](/gif2h5/1.md), [*h52gif*(1)](/h52gif/1.md), *h5perf*(1)