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6 hivexget - Get subkey from a Windows Registry binary "hive" file
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9 hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey'
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11 hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name
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14 This is a low-level tool. For a more convenient way to navigate the
15 Windows Registry in Windows virtual machines, see virt-win-reg(1). For
16 proper regedit formatting, use hivexregedit(1).
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19 This program navigates through a Windows Registry binary "hive" file
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25 hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey'
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27 "hivefile" is some Windows Registry binary hive, and "\Path\To\Subkey"
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30 "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM" is not a valid path).
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32 If the subkey exists, then the output lists all data pairs under this
33 subkey, in a format similar to "regedit" in Windows.
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37 hivexget hivefile '\Path\To\SubKey' name
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39 "hivefile" and path are as above. "name" is the name of the value of
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42 The corresponding data item is printed "raw" (ie. no processing or
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45 1. If it's a string we will convert it from Windows UTF-16 to UTF-8,
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52 3. If it's a numeric value, it is printed as a decimal number.
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55 hivex(3), hivexml(1), hivexsh(1), hivexregedit(1), virt-win-reg(1),
56 guestfs(3), <http://libguestfs.org/>, virt-cat(1), virt-edit(1).
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59 Richard W.M. Jones ("rjones at redhat dot com")
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62 Copyright (C) 2009 Red Hat Inc.
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64 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
65 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
66 Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
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69 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
70 WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
71 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
72 General Public License for more details.
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74 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
75 with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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