Perforce 2009.1: Command Reference

p4 files

Synopsis

Provide information about files in the depot without accessing their contents.

Syntax

p4 [g-opts] files [-a] file[revRange]...

Description

This command lists each file that matches the file patterns provided as arguments. If a revision specifier is given, the files are described at the given revision. One file is listed per line, and the format of each line is:

depot-file-location#rev - action change change# (filetype)

where

•	depot-file-location is the file's location relative to the top of the depot

•	rev is the revision number of the head revision of that file

•	action is the action taken at the head revision: add, edit, delete, branch, or integrate

•	change# is the number of the changelist that this revision was submitted in, and

•	filetype is the Perforce file type of this file at the head revision.

Unlike most Perforce commands, p4 files reports on any file in the depot; it is not limited to only those files that are visible through the client view. Of course, if a file pattern on the command line is given in client syntax, only client files are shown.

Options

-a	For each file, list all revisions within a specified revision range, rather than only the highest revision in the range.
g-opts	See the Global Options section.

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier?	Can File Arguments Use Revision Range?	Minimal Access Level Required
Yes	Yes	list

•	The specified revision can be a revision range; in this case, only those files with revisions within the specified range are listed, and by default, only the highest revision in that range is listed. (To display information for all files within a revision range, use p4 files -a.)

•	Since the output of p4 files can be quite large when called with highly non-restrictive file arguments (for example, p4 files //depot/... prints information about all the files in the depot), it may be subject to a maxresults limitation as set in p4 group.

Examples

p4 files //depot/...	Provides information about all files in the depot.
p4 files //clientname/...	Provides information about all depot files visible through the client view.
p4 files @2000/12/10	Provides information about all depot file revisions that existed on December 10, 2000.
p4 files @2001/03/31:08:00,@2001/03/31:17:00	Lists all files and revisions changed during business hours on March 31, 2001.
p4 files //depot/proj2/...@p2lab	Lists files and revisions under the directory //depot/proj2/... that are included in label p2lab.
p4 files //depot/file.c	Show information on the head revision of //depot/file.c. (that is, the highest revision in the implied range of #1,#head)
p4 files -a //depot/file.c	Show information on every revision of //depot/file.c (that is, all revisions in the implied range of #1,#head)

Related Commands

To list the revision history of files	p4 filelog
To see a list of all currently opened files	p4 opened
To see a list of the file revisions you've synced to	p4 have
To view the contents of depot files	p4 print