---
name: "listtape"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "ftape-util"
version: "1:1.09.2002.03.21-0.3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/listtape"
---

# listtape(1)

perl script to list tape contents

## NAME

listtape - perl script to list tape contents

## SYNOPSIS

**listtape** \[*options* ...\]

## DESCRIPTION

listtape is a perl script to list the contents of a floppy tape cartridge under Linux using the zftape driver.

Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are mandatory or optional for short options too.

- **-f**, **--file** FILE

  Tape device to use. Default is  "/dev/tape".

- **-l**, **--long**

  Don not use 'm' or 'g' quantifiers for volume size.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print this help.

- \-?

  Same as '-h'.

- **--usage**

  Same as '-h'.

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version information.

Author:

Claus-Justus Heine \<claus@momo.math.rwth-aachen.de\>

## NOTES

This manual page has been generated using the **help2man** script and some minor corrections were added. It was done by Agustin Martin Domingo \<agmartin@debian.org\>,  for  the  Debian  GNU/Linux system (but may be used  by others).