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---
layout: docs
page_title: 'nomad alloc fs command reference'
description: |
The `nomad alloc fs` lets you navigate an allocation working directory on a Nomad client.
---
# `nomad alloc fs` command reference
**Alias: `nomad fs`**
The `alloc fs` command allows a user to navigate an [allocation working
directory] on a Nomad client. The following functionalities are available -
`cat`, `tail`, `ls` and `stat`.
- `cat`: If the target path is a file, Nomad will `cat` the file.
- `tail`: If the target path is a file and `-tail` flag is specified, Nomad will
`tail` the file.
- `ls`: If the target path is a directory, Nomad displays the name of a file and
directories and their associated information.
- `stat`: If the `-stat` flag is used, Nomad will display information about a
file.
## Usage
```plaintext
nomad alloc fs [options] <allocation> <path>
```
This command accepts a single allocation ID (unless the `-job` flag is
specified, in which case an allocation is chosen from the given job) and a
path. The path is optional and relative to the root of the [allocation working
directory].
When ACLs are enabled, this command requires a token with the `read-fs`,
`read-job`, and `list-jobs` capabilities for the allocation's namespace.
### Use Job ID instead of Allocation ID
Setting the `-job` flag causes a random allocation of the specified job to be
selected. Nomad prefers selecting a running allocation ID for the job, but
if no running allocations for the job are found, Nomad uses a dead
allocation.
```plaintext
nomad alloc fs -job <job-id> <path>
```
This can be useful for debugging a job that has multiple allocations, and it is
not required to observe a specific allocation.
## Options
- `-H`: Machine friendly output.
- `-verbose`: Display verbose output.
- `-job=<job-name|job-id>`: Use a random allocation from the specified job or
job ID prefix, preferring a running allocation.
- `-group=<group-name>`: Specifies the task group where the task is located
when a random allocation is selected
- `-stat`: Show stat information instead of displaying the file, or listing the
directory.
- `-f`: Causes the output to not stop when the end of the file is reached, but
rather to wait for additional output.
- `-tail`: Show the files contents with offsets relative to the end of the file.
If no offset is given, -n is defaulted to 10.
- `-n`: Sets the tail location in best effort number of lines relative to the
end of the file.
- `-c`: Sets the tail location in number of bytes relative to the end of the file.
## Examples
```shell-session
$ nomad alloc fs eb17e557
Mode Size Modified Time Name
drwxrwxr-x 4096 28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC alloc/
drwxrwxr-x 4096 28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC redis/
-rw-rw-r-- 0 28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC redis_exit_status
$ nomad alloc fs eb17e557 redis/local
Mode Size Modified Time Name
-rw-rw-rw- 0 28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC redis.stderr
-rw-rw-rw- 17 28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC redis.stdout
$ nomad alloc fs -stat eb17e557 redis/local/redis.stdout
Mode Size Modified Time Name
-rw-rw-rw- 17 28 Jan 16 05:39 UTC redis.stdout
$ nomad alloc fs eb17e557 redis/local/redis.stdout
foobar
baz
$ nomad alloc fs -tail -f -n 3 eb17e557 redis/local/redis.stdout
foobar
baz
bam
<blocking>
```
## General options
@include 'general_options.mdx'
[allocation working directory]: /nomad/docs/reference/runtime-environment-settings#task-directories 'Task Directories'