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Name

jcat - Show the contents of a block in the file system journal.

Synopsis

jcat [-f fstype ] [-vV] [-i imgtype] [-o imgoffset] image [images] ] [ inode ] jblk

Description

jcat shows the contents of a journal block in the file system journal. The inode address of the journal can be given or the default location will be used. Note that the block address is a journal block address and not a file system block. The raw output is given to STDOUT.

Arguments

-f fstype
Specify the file system type. Use ’-f list’ to list the supported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.
-i imgtype
Identify the type of image file, such as raw or split. Use ’-i list’ to list the supported types. If not given, autodetection methods are used.
-o imgoffset
The sector offset where the file system starts in the image. Non-512 byte sectors can be specified using ’@’ (32@2048).
-V
Display version
-v
verbose output
image
One (or more if split) disk or partition images whose format is given with ’-i’.
[inode]
The inode where the file system journal can be found.

jblk
The journal block to display.

Examples

jcat -f linux-ext3 img.dd 34 | xxd

Author

Brian Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>


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