nvme-zns-id-ns1
Send nvme zoned command set identify namespace, return result and structure
Usage
nvme [<global-options>]
zns
id-ns
<device>
[{--namespace-id=<NUM> | -n
<NUM>}]
Overview
For the NVMe device given, sends the zoned command set’s identify namespace command and provides the result and returned structure.
The <device> parameter is mandatory and may be either the NVMe character device (ex: /dev/nvme0), or a namespace block device (ex: /dev/nvme0n1).
On success, the data structure returned by the device will be decoded and displayed in one of several ways.
Options
-
-n <NUM>, --namespace-id=<NUM> -
Use the provided namespace id for the command. If not provided, the namespace id of the block device will be used. If the command is issued to a non-block device, the parameter is required. The broadcast value 0xffffffff can also be given as all or -1.
Global options
The following options are defined at the top-level nvme command and are available to this subcommand:
-
--dry-run -
Print the command that would be executed, but do not actually execute it.
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--no-ioctl-probing -
Disable probing for 64-bit IOCTL support.
-
--no-retries -
Disable retry logic on transient errors.
-
-o <fmt>, --output-format=<fmt> -
Set the reporting format to normal, tabular, 'json, or binary. Only one output format may be used at a time.
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--output-format-version=<version> -
Select the output format version. Version 1 uses the original field naming, while version 2 (default) provides more consistent and script-friendly field names. Other versions are rejected.
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--quiet -
Suppress informational messages. Errors are still reported, and --quiet cancels any --verbose for the library log level.
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--set-options=<key=value>[,<key=value>...] -
Set libnvme library options for this invocation. Supported keys are force-4k, mi-probe-enabled, test-base-dir and test-sysfs-dir.
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--timeout=<ms> -
Set the timeout for the command in milliseconds. infinite or -1 waits without a time limit (0xffffffff).
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-v, --verbose -
Increase the level of detail in the output. May be specified multiple times to further increase verbosity.
These options can also be set as machine-wide defaults in nvme-cli.conf(5). A command-line flag always overrides the file.
Examples
• Has the program interpret the returned buffer and display the known fields in a human readable format:
# nvme zns id-ns /dev/nvme0 -n 1
• Show the output in json format with extra details
# nvme zns id-ns /dev/nvme0 -o json -v
Nvme
Part of nvme-cli
Releases
3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.
--dry-run since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--no-ioctl-probing since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--no-retries since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--output-format-version since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--quiet since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--set-options since Arch Linux 2026-11-07;
--timeout since Arch Linux 2026-11-07.