---
name: "datastat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "sleuthkit"
version: "2.52-1"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/datastat"
---

# datastat(1)

Display details of a data structure (i.e. block or sector)

## NAME

datastat - Display details of a data structure (i.e. block or sector)

## SYNOPSIS

**datastat \[-f** *fstype* **\] \[-i imgtype\] \[-o imgoffset\] \[-vV\]** *image \[images\] addr*

## DESCRIPTION

**datastat** displays the allocation status of the given data address.

The options are as follows:

- \-f fstype

  Specify the file system type.  Use the -? option for supported types. If not given, the default type for the platform is used.

- \-i imgtype

  Identify the type of image file, such as raw or split.  Raw is the default.

- \-o imgoffset

  The sector offset where the file system starts in the image.  Non-512 byte sectors can be specified using '@' (32@2048).

- \-v

  Verbose output of debugging statements to stderr

- \-V

  Display version

- image \[images\]

  One (or more if split) disk or partition images whose format is given with '-i'.

- addr

  Address to display stats on.  This is a fragment for UNIX file systems or a sector for FAT.

## SEE ALSO

[**dd**(1)](/dd/1.md),

## HISTORY

**datastat** first appeared in **TASK** v1.0 as **dstat**. It has been renamed to datastat in Debian GNU/Linux because of the Debian package dstat.

## AUTHOR

Brian Carrier \<carrier@sleuthkit.org\>