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unsquashfs: List files inside the squashfs filesystem (without extracting).

unsquashfs

$ unsquashfs -ls ${filesystem-squashfs}

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The command unsquashfs -ls ${filesystem-squashfs} is used to list the contents of a squashfs filesystem.

Here's a breakdown of the command:

unsquashfs is the command-line tool used to extract files from a squashfs filesystem. Squashfs is a compressed read-only file system commonly used in Linux-based systems.
-ls is an option provided to the unsquashfs command to specify that we want to list the files and directories present in the squashfs filesystem. It stands for "list".
${filesystem-squashfs} is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual path to the squashfs file you want to extract and view the contents of. This is the input file for unsquashfs.

So, when you run the given command, you are telling the unsquashfs tool to list the contents of the specified squashfs file.

For example, if you have a file named filesystem.squashfs in your current directory, you would replace ${filesystem-squashfs} with filesystem.squashfs like this:

unsquashfs -ls filesystem.squashfs

The command will then extract the squashfs file and display a list of all the files and directories present within it.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.

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