Display Metadata - Manage File Attributes with mdls | Online Free DevTools by Hexmos

Display metadata with mdls. Extract file attributes and manage data using the command line tool. Free online tool, no registration required.

mdls

Display the metadata attributes for a file. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdls.1.html.

  • Display the list of metadata attributes for file:

mdls {{path/to/file}}

  • Display a specific metadata attribute:

mdls -name {{attribute}} {{path/to/file}}