1. NAME

ntfscat - print NTFS files and streams on the standard output

2. SYNOPSIS

[options] device [file]

3. 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.

4. 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

R -- . Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g.

-fv is equivalent to

R 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 $DATA attribute will be shown. The attribute can be specified by a number in decimal or hexadecimal, or by name.
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Hex Decimal Name
0x10 16 "$STANDARD_INFORMATION"
0x20 32 "$ATTRIBUTE_LIST"
0x30 48 "$FILE_NAME"
0x40 64 "$OBJECT_ID"
0x50 80 "$SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR"
0x60 96 "$VOLUME_NAME"
0x70 112 "$VOLUME_INFORMATION"
0x80 128 "$DATA"
0x90 144 "$INDEX_ROOT"
0xA0 160 "$INDEX_ALLOCATION"
0xB0 176 "$BITMAP"
0xC0 192 "$REPARSE_POINT"
0xD0 208 "$EA_INFORMATION"
0xE0 224 "$EA"
0xF0 240 "$PROPERTY_SET"
0x100 256 "$LOGGED_UTILITY_STREAM"





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

R ntfscat .

  • -v, --verbose
        Display more debug/warning/error messages.

5. 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

6. BUGS

There are no known problems with

R ntfscat . If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:

7. AUTHORS

ntfscat was written by Richard Russon, Anton Altaparmakov and Szabolcs Szakacsits.

8. 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/

9. SEE ALSO

Read libntfs(8) for details how to access encrypted files.

R libntfs (8),

R ntfsls (8),

R ntfsprogs (8)