v1.72

rclone archive list

List archive contents from source.

Synopsis

List the contents of an archive to the console, auto detecting the format. See rclone archive create for the archive formats supported.

For example:

$ rclone archive list remote:archive.zip
        6 file.txt
        0 dir/
        4 dir/bye.txt

Or with --long flag for more info:

$ rclone archive list --long remote:archive.zip
        6 2025-10-30 09:46:23.000000000 file.txt
        0 2025-10-30 09:46:57.000000000 dir/
        4 2025-10-30 09:46:57.000000000 dir/bye.txt

Or with --plain flag which is useful for scripting:

$ rclone archive list --plain /path/to/archive.zip
file.txt
dir/
dir/bye.txt

Or with --dirs-only:

$ rclone archive list --plain --dirs-only /path/to/archive.zip
dir/

Or with --files-only:

$ rclone archive list --plain --files-only /path/to/archive.zip
file.txt
dir/bye.txt

Filters may also be used:

$ rclone archive list --long archive.zip --include "bye.*"
        4 2025-10-30 09:46:57.000000000 dir/bye.txt

The archive backend can also be used to list files. It can be used to read only mount archives also but it supports a different set of archive formats to the archive commands.

rclone archive list [flags] <source>

Options

      --dirs-only    Only list directories
      --files-only   Only list files
  -h, --help         help for list
      --long         List extra attributtes
      --plain        Only list file names

See the global flags page for global options not listed here.

See Also

• rclone archive - Perform an action on an archive.