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getfattr - get extended attributes of filesystem objects
SYNOPSIS
getfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en] pathname...
getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en] [-m pattern] pathname...
DESCRIPTION
For each file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended attribute names (and optionally values)
which are associated with that file.
The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
1: # file: somedir/
2: user.name0="value0"
3: user.name1="value1"
4: user.name2="value2"
5: ...
Line 1 identifies the file name for which the following lines are being reported. The remaining lines (lines 2
to 4 above) show the name and value pairs associated with the specified file.
OPTIONS
-n name, --name=name
Dump the value of the named extended attribute extended attribute.
-d, --dump
Dump the values of all extended attributes associated with pathname.
-e en, --encoding=en
Encode values after retrieving them. Valid values of en are "text", "hex", and "base64". Values encoded as
text strings are enclosed in double quotes ("), while strings encoded as hexidecimal and base64 are prefixed
with 0x and 0s, respectively.
-h, --no-dereference
Do not follow symlinks. If pathname is a symbolic link, the symbolic link itself is examined, rather than
the file the link refers to.
-m pattern, --match=pattern
Only include attributes with names matching the regular expression pattern. The default value for pattern is
"^user\\.", -m which includes all the attributes in the user namespace. Refer to attr(5) for a more detailed
discussion on namespaces.
--absolute-names
Do not strip leading slash characters ('/'). The default behaviour is to strip leading slash characters.
--only-values
Dump out the extended attribute value(s) only.
-R, --recursive
List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.
-L, --logical
Logical walk, follow symbolic links. The default behaviour is to follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip
symbolic links encountered in subdirectories.
-P, --physical
Physical walk, skip all symbolic links. This also skips symbolic link arguments.
--version
Print the version of getfattr and exit.
--help
Print help explaining the command line options.
-- End of command line options. All remaining parameters are interpreted as file names, even if they start with
a dash character.
RELATED
setfattr(1), and attr(5).
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