June 11th, 2015

PowerTip: Read NTFS File System Stream with PowerShell

Doctor Scripto
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Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to read a specific NTFS file system stream.

Hey, Scripting Guy! Question How can I use Windows PowerShell to read a specific NTFS file system stream?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer Use the Get-Content cmdlet and specify the name of the file and the name of the stream.
           This example reads a stream named Data:

Get-Content C:\fso\AnEmptyFile.txt -Stream data

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