---
name: "nfs-ls"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libnfs"
version: "7.0.2-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/nfs-ls"
---

# nfs-ls(1)

Utility to list NFS servers, exports and directories

## NAME

nfs-ls - Utility to list NFS servers, exports and directories

## SYNOPSIS

**nfs-ls \[ OPTIONS \] \<NFS-URL\>**

**nfs-ls** \[-R --recursive\] \[-s --summary\] \[-D --discovery\] \[-? --help\] \[--usage\]

## DESCRIPTION

nfs-ls is a utility to list NFS servers, exports or directories.

Example: List the content of a directory on the NFS server

```
$ nfs-ls nfs://127.0.0.1/data/tmp
-rwxrwxr-x  1  1000  1000      1190802 a.out
-rwxr-xr-x  1  1000  1000           13 foo123.copy
-rwxrwxrwx  1  1000  1000            8 foo123.writtenx
```

## OPTIONS

- \-s --summary

  Print a summary line at the end of output.

- \-R --recursive

  Recursive listing of the specified URL.

\-D --discovery;

This option is used to discover local NFS servers and to list the exports for specific servers.

When used with the 'nfs://' URL the command will try to detect all local NFS servers and will list their IPs.

When used with a 'nfs://server' the command will list all the exports on the specified server.

Example: Discover and list all local NFS servers

```
$ nfs-ls -D nfs://
nfs://10.10.10.10
nfs://10.0.0.10
```

Example: List the exports for a server

```
$ nfs-ls -D nfs://10.10.10.10
nfs://10.10.10.10/foo
nfs://10.10.10.10/bar
```

- \-? --help

  Display basic help text.

- \--usage

  Display basic usage text.

## SEE ALSO

**http://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs**