NTFSCLUSTER(8)

✨ NTFSCLUSTER(8) ✨

okay so bestie, this is the ntfscluster page from the System Manager's Manual — section 8, system admin tools, iykyk 💅 it's a little detective utility for NTFS volumes and honestly it's giving "niche but iconic."

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ntfscluster — identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ntfscluster [options] device

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

ntfscluster has three modes of operation: info, sector and cluster. Three whole vibes, one tool, we love a multitasker 🫶

🎀 Info

The default mode, info is currently not implemented. It will display general information about the NTFS volume when it is working. So like… someday. Not today. She's a work in progress bestie 😭

⭐ Sector

The sector mode will display a list of files that have data in the specified range of sectors.

🔥 Cluster

The cluster mode will display a list of files that have data in the specified range of clusters. When the cluster size is one sector, this will be equivalent to the sector mode of operation. no cap, literally the same thing at that point 💀

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

Below is a summary of all the options that ntfscluster accepts. Nearly all options have two equivalent names — the short name is preceded by - and the long name is preceded by --. Any single letter options, that don't take an argument, can be combined into a single command, e.g. -fv is equivalent to -f -v. Long named options can be abbreviated to any unique prefix of their name. slay, options with nicknames 💅

• -c, --cluster _RANGE_ — Any files whose data is in this range of clusters will be displayed.
• -F, --filename _NAME_ — Show information about this file.
• -f, --force — This will override some sensible defaults, such as not working with a mounted volume. Use this option with caution 👀 like, she's telling you it's a bad idea and she's also letting you do it anyway.
• -h, --help — Show a list of options with a brief description of each one.
• -I, --inode _NUM_ — Show information about this inode.
• -i, --info — This option is not yet implemented. (cute promise, empty box 🎁)
• -q, --quiet — Reduce the amount of output to a minimum. Naturally, it doesn't make sense to combine this option with --verbose — pick a lane bestie, you cannot be both 🫠
• -s, --sector _RANGE_ — Any files whose data is in this range of sectors will be displayed.
• -v, --verbose — Increase the amount of output that ntfscluster prints. she talks more 💬
• -V, --version — Show the version number, copyright and license for ntfscluster.

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🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

Get some information about the volume /dev/hda1:

ntfscluster /dev/hda1

Look for files in the first 500 clusters of /dev/hda1:

ntfscluster -c 0-500 /dev/hda1

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💀 BUGS 💀

The info mode isn't implemented yet — yeah, we know, we said it twice, it's that kind of situation 🙈 ntfscluster is quite limited, but it has no known bugs. If you find a bug please send an email describing the problem to the development team:

ntfs-3g-devel@lists.sf.net

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👑 AUTHORS 👑

ntfscluster was written by Richard Russon, with contributions from Anton Altaparmakov. It was ported to ntfs-3g by Erik Larsson. legends, all of them 🫶

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🧚 AVAILABILITY 🧚

ntfscluster is part of the ntfs-3g package and is available from:

https://github.com/tuxera/ntfs-3g/wiki/

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🍓 SEE ALSO 🍓

ntfsinfo(8), ntfsprogs(8)

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💜 and that's the whole page bestie, every flag, every mode, every "not yet implemented" — nothing skipped, periodt.

okay bye ily, this page is from the ntfs-3g package, version 2026.9.28, dated November 2005 — a vintage icon serving looks since the aughts 🌸✨🎀