---
name: "lspst"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libpst"
version: "0.6.76-11"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lspst"
---

# lspst(1)

list PST (MS Outlook Personal Folders) file data

## NAME

lspst - list PST (MS Outlook Personal Folders) file data

## SYNOPSIS

**lspst** \[**-V**\] \[**-d** *debug-file*\] \[**-f** *date-format*\] \[**-l**\] \[**-h**\] pstfile

## OPTIONS

- \-V

  Show program version and exit.

- \-d *debug-file*

  Specify name of debug log file. The log file is now an ascii file, instead of the binary file used in previous versions.

- \-f *date-format*

  Select the date format for long format listing. Defaults to "%F %T".

- \-l

  Use long format listing to show the Date, CC and BCC headers.

- \-h

  Show summary of options and exit.

## DESCRIPTION

**lspst** is a program that can read an Outlook PST (Personal Folders) file and produce a simple listing of the data (contacts, email subjects, etc).

## AUTHOR

lspst was written by Joe Nahmias \<joe@nahmias.net\> based on readpst. This man page was written by 510 Software Group \<carl@five-ten-sg.com\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2004 by Joe Nahmias \<joe@nahmias.net\>.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, please write to the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

## VERSION

0\.6.76