wangfu91 / usnparser

A command utility to read and monitor the NTFS/ReFS USN change Journal.

Windows USN Change Journal Parser

A command utility for NTFS/ReFS to search the MFT & monitoring the changes of USN Journal.

Download

Latest version can be downloaded from the releases/latest page.

Usage

Usage: UsnParser [command] [options]

Options:
  --version  Show version information.
  -h|--help  Show help information.

Commands:
  monitor    Monitor real-time USN journal changes
  read       Read history USN journal entries
  search     Search the Master File Table

Run 'UsnParser [command] -h|--help' for more information about a command.

Example

# Search through Master File Table of volume D, print out all the files who's extension is ".xlsx".
UsnParser search D: -f *.xlsx

# Print out the change history for file "Report.docx" in the USN journal of volume D.
UsnParser read D: -f Report.docx

# Monitor realtime USN reacords of volume C.
UsnParser monitor C: 

# Monitor realtime USN records of volume C with a filter for txt files whose name starts with "abc".
UsnParser monitor C: -f abc*.txt 

Dependencies

• DotNet.Glob

• McMaster.Extensions.CommandLineUtils