---
name: "jls"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sleuthkit"
version: "4.15.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/jls"
---

# jls(1)

List the contents of a file system journal

## NAME

jls - List the contents of a file system journal

## SYNOPSIS

**jls \[-f** *fstype* **\] \[-vV\] \[-i imgtype\] \[-o imgoffset\] \[-b dev\_sector\_size\]** *image \[images\] \[inode\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**jls** lists the records and entries in a file system journal.  If inode is given, then it will look there for a journal.  Otherwise, it will use the default location.  The output lists the journal block number and a description.

## ARGUMENTS

- \-f fstype

  Specify the file system type.   Use '-f list' to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

- \-i imgtype

  Identify the type of image file, such as raw or split.  Use '-i list' to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

- \-o imgoffset

  The sector offset where the file system starts in the image.

- \-b dev\_sector\_size

  The size, in bytes, of the underlying device sectors.  If not given, the value in the image format is used (if it exists) or 512-bytes is assumed.

- \-V

  Display version

- \-v

  verbose output

- image \[images\]

  One (or more if split) disk or partition images whose format is given with '-i'.

- \[inode\]

  The inode where the file system journal can be found.

## EXAMPLES

jls -f linux-ext3 img.dd

## AUTHOR

Brian Carrier \<carrier at sleuthkit dot org\>

Send documentation updates to \<doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org\>