---
name: "ewfinfo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "libewf"
version: "20140816-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ewfinfo"
---

# ewfinfo(1)

show meta data stored in EWF files

## NAME

**ewfinfo** – show meta data stored in EWF files

## SYNOPSIS

**ewfinfo** \[**-A** *codepage*\] \[**-d** *date\_format*\] \[**-f** *format*\] \[**-ehimvV**\] *ewf\_files*

## DESCRIPTION

**ewfinfo** is a utility to show meta data stored in EWF files.

**ewfinfo** is part of the **libewf** package. **libewf** is a library to access the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF).

*ewf\_files* the first or the entire set of EWF segment files

The options are as follows:

- **-A** *codepage*

  the codepage of header section, options: ascii (default), windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252, windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-1258

- **-d** *date\_format*

  the date format, options: ctime (default), dm (day/month), md (month/day), iso8601

- **-e**

  only show EWF read error information

- **-f** *format*

  specify the output format, options: text (default), dfxml

- **-h**

  shows this help

- **-i**

  only show EWF acquiry information

- **-m**

  only show EWF media information

- **-v**

  verbose output to stderr

- **-V**

  print version

## ENVIRONMENT

None

## FILES

None

## EXAMPLES

```
# ewfinfo -d dm floppy.E01
ewfinfo 20120805
Acquiry information
        Case number:            1
        Description:            Floppy
        Examiner name:          John D.
        Evidence number:        1.1
        Notes:                  Just a floppy in my system
        Acquiry date:           09/12/2006 10:00:12
        System date:            09/12/2006 10:00:12
        Operating system used:  Linux
        Software version used:  20061209
        Password:               N/A
EWF information
	File format:		EnCase 5
	Sectors per chunk:	64
	Error granularity:	64
	Compression method:	deflate
	Compression level:	no compression
	Set identifier:		869910fc-e143-4908-9328-afedf4a7be1e
Media information
        Media type:             removable disk
        Is physical:		no
        Bytes per sector:       512
        Number of sectors:      2880
        Media size:             1.4 MiB (1474560 bytes)
Digest hash information
        MD5:                    ae1ce8f5ac079d3ee93f97fe3792bda3
```

## DIAGNOSTICS

Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

## BUGS

Please report bugs of any kind on the project issue tracker: https://github.com/libyal/libewf-legacy/issues

## AUTHOR

These man pages were written by Kees Mastwijk.

Alterations for distribution have been made by Joachim Metz.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006-2014, Joachim Metz \<joachim.metz@gmail.com\>.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

[ewfacquire(1)](/ewfacquire/1.md), [ewfacquirestream(1)](/ewfacquirestream/1.md), [ewfexport(1)](/ewfexport/1.md), [ewfmount(1)](/ewfmount/1.md), [ewfrecover(1)](/ewfrecover/1.md), [ewfverify(1)](/ewfverify/1.md)