lsbtr(1)

lsbtr1

List btrfs subvolumes

Usage

lsbtr [{-h | --help}] [--version] [{-l | --long}] [{-u | --uuid}] [{-1 | --single-column}] [--raw] [--format <output-format>] [{-v | --verbose}] [{-c | --config <file>}] [--override <config_option>=<value>] [{[--] <path> | <url> ...}]

Overview

List btrfs subvolumes and their mount points visible by the file system below <path>.

lsbtr is part of btrbk (basically a shortcut for "btrbk ls"), and takes some global configuration options from btrbk.conf(5) if present.

lsbtr requires root privileges to run correctly. Alternatively, consider using "btrfs-progs-sudo" or "btrfs-progs-btrbk" backends, both of which allows you to run lsbtr as a regular user. Refer to configuration option backend in btrbk.conf(5) for more details.

Options

-h, --help

Prints the synopsis and a list of the commands.

--version

Prints the btrbk version.

-l, --long

Print output in long table format (additionally print subvolume path).

-u, --uuid

Print UUID table (parent/received relations).

-1, --single-column

Print path column only (delimited by newline).

--raw

Print space-separated key="value" pairs (machine readable).

--format table|long|raw|col:[h:]<columns>

Print output in specified format. If set to "raw", prints space-separated key="value" pairs (machine readable).

If set to "col:", prints only the <columns> specified (comma-separated list). Header lines are omitted if the "h:" modifier is present. Columns prefixed with "-" are collapsed if empty. Columns postfixed with ":RALIGN" are right-aligned.

-v, --verbose

Increase the level of verbosity.

-c, --config <file>

Read the configuration from <file>.

--override <config_option>=<value>

Override a configuration option <config_option> with <value>.

Files

/etc/btrbk.conf, /etc/btrbk/btrbk.conf

Default configuration file. The file format and configuration options are described in btrbk.conf(5).

Exit status

lsbtr returns the following error codes:

0

No problems occurred.

1

Generic error code.

2

Parse error: when parsing command-line options or configuration file.

255

Script error.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 12
  2. 13
  3. Arch

Availability

Please refer to the btrbk project page <https://digint.ch/btrbk/> for further details.

Author

Axel Burri <[email protected]>

From btrbk 0.32.7-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.