lad (List All Data)

lad is a command line script to list directories and files including Alternate Data Streams by using the getfattr command. The interface is inspired by the ls command.

Installation

Install the package with pip

pip install lad-cli

Usage

Type lad --help to view the help.

usage: lad [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Lists information about the FILEs (the current directory by default) including Alternate Data Streams.

optional arguments:
  -h, --human-readable  print sizes like 1K 234M 2G etc.
  --help                prints the help text
  -R, --recursive       list subdirectories recursively
  --full-time           Shows the complete timestamp
  -n, --numeric-uid-gid
                        list numeric user and group IDs
  -F                    Show only files which include Alternate Data Streams
  --no-warning          Suppress warnings (e.g. if the filesystem is not NTFS)

Examples

Example 1

$ lad /mnt/usb
drwxrwxrwx root root    0 15. May 2020 21:30 ABC
drwxrwxrwx root root    0 15. May 2020 19:59 System Volume Information
-rwxrwxrwx root root   10 16. May 2020 14:51 test.txt
-rwxrwxrwx root root   22 16. May 2020 14:51 test.txt:secret

Example 2

Scan recursively all subdirectories using the -R option flag.

$ lad /mnt/usb -R
drwxrwxrwx root root  0 15. May 2020 21:30 ABC
-rwxrwxrwx root root  7 15. May 2020 21:30 ABC/hello
-rwxrwxrwx root root  7 15. May 2020 21:30 ABC/hello:secret2
drwxrwxrwx root root  0 15. May 2020 19:59 System Volume Information
-rwxrwxrwx root root 76 15. May 2020 19:59 System Volume Information/IndexerVolumeGuid
-rwxrwxrwx root root 12 15. May 2020 19:59 System Volume Information/WPSettings.dat
-rwxrwxrwx root root 10 16. May 2020 14:51 test.txt
-rwxrwxrwx root root 22 16. May 2020 14:51 test.txt:secret

Example 2

Show only files which contain an Alternate Data Stream using the -F option flag:

$ lad /mnt/usb -RF
-rwxrwxrwx root root  7 15. May 2020 21:30 ABC/hello
-rwxrwxrwx root root  7 15. May 2020 21:30 ABC/hello:secret2
-rwxrwxrwx root root 10 16. May 2020 14:51 test.txt
-rwxrwxrwx root root 22 16. May 2020 14:51 test.txt:secret