DOT-Files/Gentoo/gentooamd/home/user/.tldrc/tldr/pages/linux/apptainer-inspect.md

apptainer inspect

Display metadata of Apptainer container images. More information: https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_inspect.html.

• 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]}}