NAME

       blkls - List or output file system data units.

SYNOPSIS

       blkls  [-aAelsvV]  [-f  fstype  ] [-i imgtype ] [-o imgoffset ] [-b dev_sector_size] image
       [images] [start-stop]

DESCRIPTION

       blkls opens the named image(s) and copies file system data units  (blocks).   By  default,
       blkls  copies  the  contents  of  unallocated  data  blocks.   blkls was called dls in TSK
       versions prior to 3.0.0.  blkls was called unrm in TCT.

ARGUMENTS

       -e     Copy every block, including file system metadata blocks. The output is  the  entire
              file system.

       -a     Display all allocated blocks (same as -e if -A is also given).

       -A     Display  all  unallocated  blocks  (same  as  -e  if -a is also given). This is the
              default behavior.

       -f fstype
              Specifies 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.  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.

       -l     List the data information in time machine format.

       -s     Copy only the slack space of the image.

       -v     Turn on 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.

       start-stop ...
              Examine the specified block number or number range.

LICENSE

       This software is distributed under the IBM Public License.

HISTORY

       First appeared in The Coroners Toolkit (TCT) 1.0 (Wietse Venema).  Now maintained by Brian
       Carrier <carrier at sleuthkit dot org>.

       Send documentation updates to <doc-updates at sleuthkit dot org>

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