hivexget
Section: Windows Registry (1)Updated: 2010-12-23
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NAME
hivexget - Get subkey from a Windows Registry binary "hive" fileSYNOPSIS
hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name
NOTE
This is a low-level tool. For a more convenient way to navigate the Windows Registry in Windows virtual machines, see virt-win-reg(1). For proper regedit formatting, use hivexregedit(1).DESCRIPTION
This program navigates through a Windows Registry binary ``hive'' file and extracts either all the (key, value) data pairs stored in that subkey or just the single named data item.In the first form:
hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey'
"hivefile" is some Windows Registry binary hive, and "\Path\To\Subkey" is a path within that hive. NB the path is relative to the top of this hive, and is not the full path as you would use in Windows (eg. "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" is not a valid path).
If the subkey exists, then the output lists all data pairs under this subkey, in a format similar to "regedit" in Windows.
In the second form:
hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name
"hivefile" and path are as above. "name" is the name of the value of interest (use "@" for the default value).
The corresponding data item is printed ``raw'' (ie. no processing or escaping) except:
- 1.
- If it's a string we will convert it from Windows UTF-16 to UTF-8, if this conversion is possible. The string is printed with a single trailing newline.
- 2.
- If it's a multiple-string value, each string is printed on a separate line.
- 3.
- If it's a numeric value, it is printed as a decimal number.
SEE ALSO
hivex(3), hivexml(1), hivexsh(1), hivexregedit(1), virt-win-reg(1), guestfs(3), <http://libguestfs.org/>, virt-cat(1), virt-edit(1).AUTHORS
Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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