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ntfscat

print NTFS files and streams on the standard output

Synopsis

[options] device [file]

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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

source

            
  echo "Copy:"
  $file


  sudo ntfscat -q $1 $2\/$file > $3\/$file #
  Copy it

source

            
  "${TOOLS_FOLDER}"/ntfscat -f
  "${NTFS_DEVICE}" /SysPrep/SYSPREP.INF
  > /tmp/SYSPREP.INF


  if [ ${?} -eq
  0 ]


  then


  then


  SYSPREP_FILE=/SysPrep/SYSPREP.INF


  else


  "${TOOLS_FOLDER}"/ntfscat -f
  "${NTFS_DEVICE}"
  /windows/panther/unattend.XML > /tmp/unattend.xml

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.

availability

ntfscat is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:
http://www.tuxera.com/community/

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[:at:]lists.sf[:dot:]net

see also

Read libntfs for details how to access encrypted files.

libntfs, ntfsls , ntfsprogs

authors

ntfscat was written by Richard Russon, Anton Altaparmakov and Szabolcs Szakacsits. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson.