---
name: "pyi-archive_viewer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pyinstaller"
version: "6.13.0+ds-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pyi-archive_viewer"
---

# pyi-archive\_viewer(1)

View a PyInstaller archive

## NAME

pyi-archive\_viewer - View a PyInstaller archive

## DESCRIPTION

usage: pyi-archive\_viewer \[-h\] \[-l\] \[-r\] \[-b\] \[--log-level LEVEL\] pyi\_archive

### positional arguments:

- **pyi\_archive**

  PyInstaller archive to process (required).

### options:

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

  Show this help message and exit.

- **-l**, **--list**

  List the archive contents and exit (default: False).

- **-r**, **--recursive**

  Recursively print an archive log (default: False). Implies **--list**.

- **-b**, **--brief**

  When displaying archive contents, show only file names. (default: False).

- **--log-level** LEVEL

  Amount of detail in build-time console messages. LEVEL may be one of TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, DEPRECATION, ERROR, FATAL (default: INFO). Also settable via and overrides the PYI\_LOG\_LEVEL environment variable.