---
name: "lsar"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "unarchiver"
version: "1.10.8-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lsar"
---

# lsar(1)

list archive file contents

## NAME

lsar - list archive file contents

## SYNOPSIS

**lsar** \[*OPTION*\]... *ARCHIVE*...

## DESCRIPTION

List the contents of *ARCHIVE*s.

## OPTIONS

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

  Print more information about each file in the archive.

- **-L**, **-verylong**

  Print all available information about each file in the archive.

- **-t**, **-test**

  Test the integrity of the files in the archive, if possible.

- **-p**, **-password** *PASSWORD*

  The password to use for decrypting protected archives.

- **-e**, **-encoding** *ENCODING*

  The encoding to use for filenames in the archive, when it is not known.  If not specified, the program attempts to auto-detect the encoding used.  Use "help" or "list" as the argument to give a listing of all supported encodings.

- **-E**, **-password-encoding** *ENCODING*

  The encoding to use for the password for the archive, when it is not known.  If not specified, then either the encoding given by the -encoding option or the auto-detected encoding is used.

- **-pe**, **-print-encoding**

  Print the auto-detected encoding and the confidence factor after the file list.

- **-i**, **-indexes**

  Instead of specifying the files to list as filenames or wildcard patterns, specify them as indexes.

- **-j**, **-json**

  Print the listing in JSON format.

- **-ja**, **-json-ascii**

  Print the listing in JSON format, encoded as pure ASCII text.

- **-nr**, **-no-recursion**

  Do not attempt to list the contents of archives contained in other archives.  For instance, when listing a .tar.gz file, only list the .tar file and not its contents.

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

  Display help information.

- **-v**, **-version**

  Print version and exit.

## SEE ALSO

[**unar**(1)](/unar/1.md)