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mdls — Display the metadata attributes for a file. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pag

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Problem

How to use the mdls command: Display the metadata attributes for a file. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdls.1.html>.

Solution

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}}

Code Snippets

Display the list of metadata attributes for file

mdls {{path/to/file}}

Display a specific metadata attribute

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

Context

tldr-pages: osx/mdls

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