ICAT(1)ICAT(1)NAMEicat - Output the contents of a file based on its inode number.
SYNOPSISicat [-hrsvV] [-f fstype ] [-i imgtype ] [-o imgoffset ] [-b dev_sec‐
tor_size] image [images] inode
DESCRIPTIONicat opens the named image(s) and copies the file with the specified
inode number to standard output.
ARGUMENTS-f fstype
Specifies the file system type. Use '-f list' to list the sup‐
ported file system types. If not given, autodetection methods
are used.
-h Skip over holes in sparse files, so that absolute address infor‐
mation is lost. This option saves space when copying sparse
files.
-r Use file recovery techniques if the file is deleted.
-s Include the slack space in the output.
-i imgtype
Identify the type of image file, such as raw. 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.
-b dev_sector_size
The size, in bytes, of the underlying device sectors. If not
given, the value in the image format is used (if it exists) or
512-bytes is assumed.
-v Enable verbose mode, output to stderr.
-V Display version
image [images]
The disk or partition image to read, whose format is given with
'-i'. Multiple image file names can be given if the image is
split into multiple segments. If only one image file is given,
and its name is the first in a sequence (e.g., as indicated by
ending in '.001'), subsequent image segments will be included
automatically.
inode Inode number. icat concatenates the contents of all specified
files.
LICENSE
This software is distributed under the IBM Public License.
HISTORY
First appeared in The Coroners Toolkit (TCT) 1.0 and is now in The
Sleuth Kit.
AUTHOR(S)
Wietse Venema IBM T.J. Watson Research P.O. Box 704 Yorktown Heights,
NY 10598, USA
This version is maintained by Brian Carrier (carrier at sleuthkit at
org).
Send documentation updates to <doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org>
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