xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
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Description
This manual page documents briefly the xattr command.
The first form lists the names of all xattrs on the given file(s).
The second form (-p) prints the value of the xattr attr_name.
The third form (-w) sets the value of the xattr attr_name to attr_value.
The fourth form (-d) deletes the xattr attr_name.
Examples
xattr-wuser.mykeymyvaluemyfilexattr-puser.mykeymyfilexattr-duser.mykeymyfile
Name
xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
Options
A summary of options is included below.
-h Show summary of options.
-l Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.
-z Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format.
See Also
The Python module "xattr"
Synopsis
xattr [ -lz ] filename [ filename ... ]
xattr-p [ -lz ] attr_namefilename [ filename ... ]
xattr-w [ -z ] attr_nameattr_valuefilename [ filename ... ]
xattr-dattr_namefilename [ filename ... ]
