jls(1)

jls1

List the contents of a file system journal

Usage

jls [-f fstype] [-vV] [-i imgtype] [-o imgoffset] [-b dev_sector_size] image [images] [inode]

Overview

jls lists the records and entries in a file system journal. If inode is given, then it will look there for a journal. Otherwise, it will use the default location. The output lists the journal block number and a description.

Arguments

-f fstype

Specify the file system type. Use '-f list' to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

-i imgtype

Identify the type of image file, such as raw or split. Use '-i list' to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.

-o imgoffset

The sector offset where the file system starts in the image.

-b dev_sector_size

The size, in bytes, of the underlying device sectors. If not given, the value in the image format is used (if it exists) or 512-bytes is assumed.

-V

Display version

-v

verbose output

image [images]

One (or more if split) disk or partition images whose format is given with '-i'.

[inode]

The inode where the file system journal can be found.

Examples

jls -f linux-ext3 img.dd

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0–Arch

-V until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -f until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -i until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -o until Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -v until Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Author

Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>

Send documentation updates to <doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org>

From sleuthkit 4.15.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.