---
name: "dislocker-find"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "dislocker"
version: "0.7.3+git20240607-3+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/dislocker-find"
---

# dislocker-find(1)

Find BitLocker-encrypted volumes.

## NAME

Dislocker-find - Find BitLocker-encrypted volumes.

## SYNOPSIS

dislocker-find \[-h\] \[files...\]

## DESCRIPTION

The program try to find BitLocker-encrypted volumes or check that provided files are BitLocker-encrypted.

It will print every file it find to be BitLocker-encrypted, one per line. Each file/line can be passed to the dislocker suite to be decrypted (\`-V' option).

## OPTIONS

Program's options are described below:

- **-h**

  print the help and exit

- **files**

  check for BitLocker-encrypted partitions among these files instead of trying to find them alone

## RETURN VALUES

\-1 means an error occurred, other numbers are the number of BitLocker-encrypted volumes found. For example, 0 means no volume has been found, 42 means 42 volumes have been found.

## EXAMPLES

No volume is found automatically, the program returns 0 volume found (the last line comes from the echo):

-

  ```
  # dislocker-find.rb ; echo $?
  No BitLocker volume found.
  0
  ```

Two volumes are found, the program returns this number (the last line comes from the echo):

-

  ```
  # dislocker-find.rb ; echo $?
  /dev/sda3
  /dev/sda7
  2
  ```

## AUTHOR

This tool is developed by Romain Coltel on behalf of HSC (**http://www.hsc.fr/**)

Feel free to send bugs report to \<dislocker \_\_AT\_\_ hsc \_\_DOT\_\_ fr\>