REGTREE(1)

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version 4.24.7 · 19 versions
, in fedora 44, ubuntu noble

✨ REGTREE ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're looking at regtree from the System Administration tools corner of the manual — it's a text-mode registry viewer and honestly? it's giving forensic investigator but make it cute 🕵️♀️💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

regtree [--help] [--backend=BACKEND] [--fullpath] [--no-values]
        [--credentials=CREDENTIALS] [location]

that's the whole vibe check right there, no cap 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, the regtree utility prints out all the contents of a Windows registry file. that's it, that's the job, and it does it beautifully 💅

and here's the cute structural bit: subkeys get printed with one level more indentation than their parents. so it literally looks like a tree 🌳, you can see the whole family lineage, it's very main character energy ngl.

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • --help — shows you the list of available options. the classic "help me help you" moment ✨
  • --backend BACKEND — the name of the backend to load. possible values are: creg, regf, dir and rpc. the default is dir. pick your fighter, bestie 🥊
  • --credentials=CREDENTIALS — credentials to use, if any. password should be separated from user name by a percent sign (%). yes, a percent sign. not a colon, not a space. a percent sign. iykyk 💀
  • --fullpath — prints the full path to each key instead of only its name. so instead of just the key's little nickname, you get the whole government name 🫡
  • --no-values — doesn't print values, just keys. minimalism era, lowkey obsessed 🙈

⭐ VERSION ⭐

this man page is correct for version 4.0 of the Samba suite. periodt 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

if you liked this, you might also enjoy:

  • gregedit
  • regshell
  • regdiff
  • regpatch
  • samba

the whole friend group, fr fr 🫶✨

👑 AUTHOR 👑

this utility is part of the Samba[1] suite, which is developed by the global Samba Team[2]. iconic behaviour from everyone involved tbh.

this manpage and regtree were written by Jelmer Vernooij. thank you for your service 🎀

📝 NOTES 📝

  1. Samba — http://www.samba.org/
  2. Samba Team — http://www.samba.org/samba/team/
ok that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every default, every link, all of it 💖 now go read a registry file, you've got this 🧚

and that's a wrap on this lil Samba 4.0 page, dated 09/09/2026, filed under REGTREE(1) — slay, ate, no crumbs left 🌸💅🔥

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