---
name: "tzxlist"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fuse-emulator-utils"
version: "1.4.3-2+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/tzxlist"
---

# tzxlist(1)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum “real” tape file lister

## NAME

tzxlist — Sinclair ZX Spectrum “real” tape file lister

## SYNOPSIS

**tzxlist** \[*OPTION*\] *tapefile*...

## DESCRIPTION

tzxlist outputs a description of the contents of TZX, TAP, PZX and Warajevo TAP tape files.

On supported systems it attempts to handle conversions of the  de-facto standard TZX Windows-1252 character encoding to the charset  used on the current system. If a problem with conversion is  encountered any applicable strings will be output as-is.

## OPTIONS

- \-d *block number*

  The block number specified will be dumped to files: the header (.hdr), the data (.dat) and a description (.dsc). The former two are binary files and the latter is a text file. Set -1 for all blocks.

- \-h, --help

  give brief usage help, listing available options.

- \-V, --version

  output version information.

- *tapefile*

  specifies a tape file whose contents are to be listed.

## BUGS

None known.

## SEE ALSO

[*fuse*(1)](/fuse/1.md), [*fuse-utils*(1)](/fuse-utils/1.md), [*listbasic*(1)](/listbasic/1.md), [*tapeconv*(1)](/tapeconv/1.md) [*tape2pulses*(1)](/tape2pulses/1.md)

The comp.sys.sinclair Spectrum FAQ, at\
 *http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/index.html*.

## AUTHOR

Philip Kendall (philip-fuse@shadowmagic.org.uk).

Darren Salt wrote this man page.