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NTFSCAT
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)
Updated: November 2005
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NAME
ntfscat - print NTFS files and streams on the standard output
SYNOPSIS
[options] device [file]
DESCRIPTION
ntfscat will read a file or stream from an NTFS volume and display the contents on the standard output.
The case of the filename passed to ntfscat is ignored.
OPTIONS
Below is a summary of all the options that ntfscat accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names. The short name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --. Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g. -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name.
- -a, --attribute TYPE
- Display the contents of a particular attribute type. By default, the unnamed $DATA attribute will be shown. The attribute can be specified by a number in decimal or hexadecimal, or by name.
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Notes The attribute names may be given without the leading $ symbol.
If you use the $ symbol, you must quote the name to prevent the shell interpreting the name.
- -n, --attribute-name NAME
- Display this named attribute, stream.
- -i, --inode NUM
- Specify a file by its inode number instead of its name.
- -f, --force
- This will override some sensible defaults, such as not using a mounted volume. Use this option with caution.
- -h, --help
- Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
- -q, --quiet
- Suppress some debug/warning/error messages.
- -V, --version
- Show the version number, copyright and license ntfscat.
- -v, --verbose
- Display more debug/warning/error messages.
EXAMPLES
Display the contents of a file in the root of an NTFS volume.
- ntfscat /dev/hda1 boot.ini
Display the contents of a file in a subdirectory of an NTFS volume.
- ntfscat /dev/hda1 /winnt/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
Display the contents of the $INDEX_ROOT attribute of the root directory (inode 5).
- ntfscat /dev/hda1 -a INDEX_ROOT -i 5 | hexdump -C
BUGS
There are no known problems with ntfscat. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:
linux-ntfs-dev@lists.sourceforge.net
AUTHORS
ntfscat was written by Richard Russon, Anton Altaparmakov and Szabolcs Szakacsits.
AVAILABILITY
ntfscat is part of the ntfsprogs package and is available from:
http://www.linux-ntfs.org/content/view/19/37
The manual pages are available online at:
http://man.linux-ntfs.org/
