NAME
regshell - Windows registry file browser using readline
SYNOPSIS
regshell [--help] [--backend=BACKEND] [--credentials=CREDENTIALS]
[location]
DESCRIPTION
regshell is a utility that lets you browse thru a Windows registry file
as if you were using a regular unix shell to browse thru a file system.
OPTIONS
--help
Show list of available options.
--backend BACKEND
Name of backend to load. Possible values are: creg, regf, dir and
rpc. The default is dir.
--credentials=CREDENTIALS
Credentials to use, if any. Password should be separated from user
name by a percent sign.
COMMANDS
ck|cd <keyname>
Go to the specified subkey.
ch|predef [predefined-key-name]
Go to the specified predefined key.
list|ls
List subkeys and values of the current key.
mkkey|mkdir <keyname>
Create a key with the specified keyname as a subkey of the current
key.
rmval|rm <valname>
Delete the specified value.
rmkey|rmdir <keyname>
Delete the specified subkey recursively.
pwd|pwk
Print the full name of the current key.
set|update
Update the value of a key value. Not implemented at the moment.
help|?
Print a list of available commands.
exit|quit
Leave regshell.
EXAMPLES
Browsing thru a nt4 registry file
regshell -b nt4 NTUSER.DAT
$$$PROTO.HIV> ls
K AppEvents
K Console
K Control Panel
K Environment
K Identities
K Keyboard Layout
K Network
K Printers
K Software
K UNICODE Program Groups
K Windows 3.1 Migration Status
$$$PROTO.HIV> exit
Listing the subkeys of HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents on a remote
computer:
regshell --remote=ncacn_np:aurelia -c "jelmer%secret"
HKEY_CURRENT_MACHINE> predef HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKEY_CURRENT_USER> cd AppEvents
Current path is: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents> ls
K EventLabels
K Schemes
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents> exit
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite.
SEE ALSO
regtree, regdiff, regpatch, gregedit, samba
AUTHOR
This utility is part of the Samba[1] suite, which is developed by the
global Samba Team[2].
This manpage and regshell were written by Jelmer Vernooij.
NOTES
1. Samba
http://www.samba.org/
2. Samba Team
http://www.samba.org/samba/team/
[FIXME: source] 04/02/2010