Recover Corrupted MySQL Data (ibdata1)

import re
import sys

def main():
    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
        print("Usage: python recover_ibdata.py ibdata1")
        sys.exit(1)

    filename = sys.argv[1]
    min_length = 4  # Minimum string length to extract

    print(f"Scanning {filename}... This may take a while.")
    
    try:
        with open(filename, "rb") as file:
            data = file.read()
            
            # Regex to find printable ASCII characters
            # Modify this pattern if you need specific data formats
            pattern = b"[^\x00-\x1F\x7F-\xFF]{" + str(min_length).encode() + b",}"
            
            strings = re.findall(pattern, data)
            
            output_file = "recovered_data.txt"
            with open(output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
                for s in strings:
                    try:
                        line = s.decode('utf-8', 'ignore')
                        f.write(line + "\n")
                    except:
                        pass

        print(f"Success! Found {len(strings)} strings.")
        print(f"Saved to {output_file}")

    except FileNotFoundError:
        print("Error: File not found.")
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error: {e}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()