1GETFATTR(1)                     File Utilities                     GETFATTR(1)
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NAME

6       getfattr - get extended attributes of filesystem objects
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SYNOPSIS

9       getfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en] pathname...
10       getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en] [-m pattern] pathname...
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DESCRIPTION

13       For each file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended
14       attribute names (and optionally values) which are associated with  that
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17       The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
18               1:  # file: somedir/
19               2:  user.name0="value0"
20               3:  user.name1="value1"
21               4:  user.name2="value2"
22               5:  ...
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24       Line 1 identifies the file name for which the following lines are being
25       reported.  The remaining lines (lines 2 to 4 above) show the  name  and
26       value pairs associated with the specified file.
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OPTIONS

29       -n name, --name=name
30           Dump the value of the named extended attribute extended attribute.
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32       -d, --dump
33           Dump  the  values  of all extended attributes associated with path‐
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36       -e en, --encoding=en
37           Encode values after  retrieving  them.   Valid  values  of  en  are
38           "text",  "hex",  and  "base64".  Values encoded as text strings are
39           enclosed in double quotes ("), while strings encoded as hexidecimal
40           and base64 are prefixed with 0x and 0s, respectively.
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42       -h, --no-dereference
43           Do  not  dereference symlinks. Instead of the file a symlink refers
44           to, the symlink itself is examined.
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46       -m pattern, --match=pattern
47           Only include attributes with names matching the regular  expression
48           pattern.   The  default  value  for  pattern  is  "^user\\.", which
49           includes all the attributes in the user namespace. Specify "-"  for
50           including  all  attributes.   Refer  to attr(5) for a more detailed
51           discussion of namespaces.
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53       --absolute-names
54           Do not strip leading slash characters ('/').  The default behaviour
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58           Dump out the extended attribute value(s) only.
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60       -R, --recursive
61           List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.
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63       -L, --logical
64           Logical  walk,  follow  symbolic links to directories.  The default
65           behaviour is to follow symbolic link arguments, and  to  skip  sym‐
66           bolic  links encountered in subdirectories.  Only effective in com‐
67           bination with -R.
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69       -P, --physical
70           Physical walk, do not follow symbolic links to  directories.   This
71           also  skips symbolic link arguments.  Only effective in combination
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74       --version
75           Print the version of getfattr and exit.
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77       --help
78           Print help explaining the command line options.
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80       --  End of command line options.  All remaining parameters  are  inter‐
81           preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.
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AUTHOR

84       Andreas Gruenbacher, <a.gruenbacher@bestbits.at> and the SGI XFS devel‐
85       opment team, <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>.
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87       Please send your bug reports or comments to these addresses.
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SEE ALSO

90       setfattr(1), and attr(5).
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94Dec 2001                      Extended Attributes                  GETFATTR(1)