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.
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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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28   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  follow symlinks.  If pathname is a symbolic link, the sym‐
44           bolic link itself is examined, rather than the file the link refers
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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\\.",  -m  which
50           includes  all  the  attributes  in  the  user  namespace.  Refer to
51           attr(5) for a more detailed discussion on namespaces.
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53       --absolute-names
54           Do not strip leading slash characters ('/').  The default behaviour
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57       --only-values
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.  The default behaviour is to
65           follow symbolic link arguments, and to skip symbolic links  encoun‐
66           tered in subdirectories.
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68       -P, --physical
69           Physical  walk,  skip all symbolic links.  This also skips symbolic
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72       --version
73           Print the version of getfattr and exit.
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75       --help
76           Print help explaining the command line options.
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78       --  End of command line options.  All remaining parameters  are  inter‐
79           preted as file names, even if they start with a dash character.
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AUTHOR

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

88       setfattr(1), and attr(5).
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92Dec 2001                      Extended Attributes                  GETFATTR(1)
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