apptainer inspect

linux

Display metadata of Apptainer container images.

Options (4)

-d, --deffileboolean

Show the definition file used to build the image

Example: apptainer inspect {{[-d|--deffile]}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

-r, --runscriptboolean

Show the runscript for the image

Example: apptainer inspect {{[-r|--runscript]}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

-e, --environmentboolean

Show the environment variables of the image

Example: apptainer inspect {{[-e|--environment]}} {{path/to/image.sif}}

-h, --helpboolean

Display help

Example: apptainer inspect {{[-h|--help]}}

Show the labels of an image (default)

apptainer inspect path/to/image.sif

Show the definition file used to build the image

apptainer inspect [-d|--deffile] path/to/image.sif

Show the runscript for the image

apptainer inspect [-r|--runscript] path/to/image.sif

Show the environment variables of the image

apptainer inspect [-e|--environment] path/to/image.sif

List all apps in the container

apptainer inspect --list-apps path/to/image.sif

Show all available data in JSON format

apptainer inspect --all path/to/image.sif

Display help

apptainer inspect [-h|--help]