xattr1
Sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
Usage
xattr [-lz]
filename
[filename ...]
xattr -p
[-lz]
attr_name
filename
[filename ...]
xattr -w
[-z]
attr_name
attr_value
filename
[filename ...]
xattr -d
attr_name
filename
[filename ...]
Overview
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.
Options
A summary of options is included below.
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-h -
Show summary of options.
-
-l -
Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.
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-z -
Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format.
Examples
- xattr -w user.mykey myvalue myfile
- xattr -p user.mykey myfile
- xattr -d user.mykey myfile
Releases
8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.
-z since Debian 7 (Wheezy).