nfs-ls(1)

nfs-ls1

Utility to list nfs servers, exports and directories

Usage

nfs-ls [OPTIONS] <NFS-URL>

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

Overview

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.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 10–13
  2. Arch

From libnfs 7.0.2-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.