NTFSCAT
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXAMPLES
BUGS
AUTHORS
AVAILABILITY
SEE ALSO
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.
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:
ntfs−3g−devel@lists.sf.net
AUTHORS
ntfscat was written by Richard Russon, Anton Altaparmakov and Szabolcs Szakacsits. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.
AVAILABILITY
ntfscat is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
http://www.tuxera.com/community/
SEE ALSO
Read libntfs(8) for details how to access encrypted files.
libntfs(8), ntfsls(8), ntfsprogs(8)