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REGSHELL(1)		   System Administration tools		     REGSHELL(1)

NAME
     regshell - Windows registry file browser using readline

SYNOPSIS
     regshell  [--help]  [--backend=BACKEND]  [--credentials=CREDENTIALS] [loca-
	      tion]

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/

Samba 4.0			   08/01/2026			     REGSHELL(1)

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