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mvxattr - Recursively rename extended attributes

Author

       The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
       by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

       The mvxattr manpage was written by Ralph Boehme.

Samba 4.21.4-Ubuntu-4.21.4+dfs                     07/21/2025                                         MVXATTR(1)

Description

       This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.

       mvxattr is a simple utility to recursively rename extended attributes.

       By default all symlinks are ignored, use -l to follow them.

Name

       mvxattr - Recursively rename extended attributes

Options

       -s STRING, --from=STRING
           Source xattr name

       -d STRING, --to=STRING
           Destination xattr name

       -l, --follow-symlinks
           Follow symlinks, the default is to ignore them.

       -p, --print
           Print files where the xattr got renamed.

       -v, --verbose
           Print files as they are checked.

       -f, --force
           Force overwriting of destination xattr.

Synopsis


       mvxattr {-s STRING, --from=STRING} {-d STRING, --to=STRING} [-l, --follow-symlinks] [-p, --print]
        [-v, --verbose] [-f, --force] {PATH [PATH ...]}

Version

       This man page is part of version 4.21.4-Ubuntu-4.21.4+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4 of the Samba suite.

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