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
15       file.  Per default only attributes in the user namespace are displayed,
16       see -m.
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18       The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
19               1:  # file: somedir/
20               2:  user.name0="value0"
21               3:  user.name1="value1"
22               4:  user.name2="value2"
23               5:  ...
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25       Line 1 identifies the file name for which the following lines are being
26       reported.   The  remaining lines (lines 2 to 4 above) show the name and
27       value pairs associated with the specified file.
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OPTIONS

30       -n name, --name=name
31           Dump the value of the named extended attribute.
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33       -d, --dump
34           Dump the values of all matched extended attributes.
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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 hexadecimal
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.  Unless doing  a  logical  (-L)
45           traversal, do not traverse symlinks to directories.
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47       -m pattern, --match=pattern
48           Only  include attributes with names matching the regular expression
49           pattern.  The default value for pattern is  "^user\\.",  which  in‐
50           cludes  all  the  attributes in the user namespace. Specify "-" for
51           including all attributes.  Refer to attr(5)  for  a  more  detailed
52           discussion of namespaces.
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54       --absolute-names
55           Do not strip leading slash characters ('/').  The default behaviour
56           is to strip leading slash characters.
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58       --only-values
59           Dump out the raw extended attribute value(s) without encoding them.
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61       -R, --recursive
62           List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.
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64       -L, --logical
65           Logical walk, follow symbolic links to  directories.   The  default
66           behaviour is to follow symbolic link arguments unless --no-derefer‐
67           ence is given, and to skip symbolic links encountered in  subdirec‐
68           tories.  Only effective in combination with -R.
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70       -P, --physical
71           Physical  walk,  do not follow symbolic links to directories.  This
72           also skips symbolic link arguments.  Only effective in  combination
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75       --version
76           Print the version of getfattr and exit.
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78       --help
79           Print help explaining the command line options.
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81       --  End  of  command line options.  All remaining parameters are inter‐
82           preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.
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AUTHOR

85       Andreas Gruenbacher, <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com> and  the  SGI  XFS
86       development team, <linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com>.
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88       Please   send   your   bug   reports  or  comments  to  <https://savan‐
89       nah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=attr> or <acl-devel@nongnu.org>.
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SEE ALSO

92       setfattr(1), attr(5)
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96Dec 2001                      Extended Attributes                  GETFATTR(1)