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apptainer inspect — Display metadata of Apptainer container images. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/m

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Problem

How to use the apptainer inspect command: Display metadata of Apptainer container images. More information: <https://apptainer.org/docs/user/main/cli/apptainer_inspect.html>.

Solution

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]}}

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

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