megatools-ls(1)

Table of Contents

1. NAME
2. SYNOPSIS
3. DESCRIPTION
4. OPTIONS
5. EXAMPLES
6. REMOTE FILESYSTEM
7. SEE ALSO
8. MEGATOOLS
9. BUGS
10. AUTHOR

1. NAME

megatools ls - List files stored in the cloud

2. SYNOPSIS

megatools ls [-e] [-h] [--header] [-l] [-R] [-n] [<remotepaths>…]

3. DESCRIPTION

Lists files stored on Mega.nz, exports public download links.

4. OPTIONS

--export , -e

For all files that are going to be listed, also display public download link with file key.

NOTE: Folders export doesn’t work yet.

--human , -h

Display file sizes in a human readable format.

--header

For long list format, display header describing all listed columns.

--long , -l

List additional information about listed filesystem nodes. Node handle, owner, node type, file size, and the last modification date.

--recursive , -R

List directories recursively. This is the default if no paths are specified.

--names , -n

Show only names of nodes within the directory. This option has effect only if you specified a single path on a command line.

--print0 , -0

Separate file names with NULs instead of new lines.

-u <email> , --username <email>

Account username (email)

-p <password> , --password <password>

Account password

--no-ask-password

Never ask interactively for a password

--reload

Reload filesystem cache

--limit-speed <speed>

Set maximum allowed upload and download speed in KiB/s. This option overrides config file settings. 0 means no limit. When using ParallelTransfers > 1, upload speed limit is applied to each transfer individually.

--proxy <proxy>

Use proxy server to connect to mega.nz. This option overrides config file settings. More information can be found in libcurl documentation at https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_PROXY.html. Some acceptable values are:

none : Disable proxy if it was enabled in the config file.
socks5://localhost:9050 : Local SOCKSv5 proxy server
socks5h://localhost:9050 : Local SOCKSv5 proxy server with DNS handled by the proxy

--netif <ifname|ip>

Network interface or local IP address used for outgoing connections. You have to specify IP address bound to some of your local network interfaces, when specifying an IP address.

--ip-proto <proto>

Which IP protocol to prefer when connecting to mega.nz (v4, v6, or any). This is just an advisory option. Megatools will resolve mega.nz domain, and then use an A or AAAA record based on the stated preference.

--config <path>

Load configuration from a file

--ignore-config-file

Disable loading .megarc

--debug [<options>]

Enable debugging of various aspects of the megatools operation. You may enable multiple debugging options separated by commas. (eg. --debug api,fs)

Available options are:

http: Dump HTTP request/response details (can be used to debug connection/proxy issues)
api: Dump Mega.nz API calls
fs: Dump Mega.nz filesystem (may require --reload to actually print something)
cache: Dump cache contents
tman: Dump transfer manager events

--version

Show version information

<remotepaths>

One or more remote filesystem paths to list. If path points to a directory, contents of the directory and the directory itself is listed. When --names is given, only the contents of the directory is listed.

If path points to a file, the file itself is listed.

If omitted, the entire remote filesystem is listed recursively.

5. EXAMPLES

List all files:

$ megatools ls

/Contacts
/Inbox
/Root
/Root/README
/Root/bigfile
/Trash

List all files in the /Root, recursively and with details:

$ megatools ls -l /Root

3RsS2QwJ                2             - 2013-01-22 12:31:06 /Root
2FFSiaKZ    Xz2tWWB5Dmo 0          2686 2013-04-15 08:33:47 /Root/README
udtDgR7I    Xz2tWWB5Dmo 0    4405067776 2013-04-10 19:16:02 /Root/bigfile

List all files in the /Root, recursively and with details, show only file names:

$ megatools ls -ln /Root

2FFSiaKZ    Xz2tWWB5Dmo 0          2686 2013-04-15 08:33:47 README
udtDgR7I    Xz2tWWB5Dmo 0    4405067776 2013-04-10 19:16:02 bigfile

Export download links:

$ megatools ls -e /Root/README

https://mega.nz/#!OFFRlbgR!k5rWmLp3mxB0gsq07Ii67PLd9L0wq4KondFLDlfH3Uw /Root/README

List files in a more human readable format:

$ megatools ls -hnl --header /Root/README

===================================================================================
Handle      Owner       T          Size Mod. Date           Filename
===================================================================================
2FFSiaKZ    Xz2tWWB5Dmo 0       2.6 KiB 2013-04-15 08:33:47 README

6. REMOTE FILESYSTEM

Mega.nz filesystem is represented as a tree of nodes of various types. Nodes are identified by a 8 character node handles (eg. 7Fdi3ZjC). Structure of the filesystem is not encrypted.

Megatools maps node tree structure to a traditional filesystem paths (eg. /Root/SomeFile.DAT).

NOTE: By the nature of Mega.nz storage, several files in the directory can have the same name. To allow access to such files, the names of conflicting files are extended by appending dot and their node handle like this:

/Root/conflictingfile
/Root/conflictingfile.7Fdi3ZjC
/Root/conflictingfile.mEU23aSD

You need to be aware of several special folders:

/Root: Writable directory representing the root of the filesystem.
/Trash: Trash directory where Mega.nz web client moves deleted files. This directory is not used by megatools when removing files.
/Inbox: Not sure.
/Contacts: Directory containing subdirectories representing your contacts list. If you want to add contacts to the list, simply create subdirectory named after the contact you want to add.
/Contacts/<email>: Directories representing individual contacts in your contacts list. These directories contain folders that others shared with you. All shared files are read-only, at the moment.

8. MEGATOOLS

Part of the megatools(1) suite of commands.

9. BUGS

Report bugs to megatools@megous.com. Your message will end up in a public archive, so be careful what you say or send.

10. AUTHOR

Megatools was written by Ondrej Jirman <megatools@megous.com>, 2013-2022.

Official website is http://megatools.megous.com.