NAME

mdls — lists the metadata attributes for the specified file

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The mdls command prints the values of all the metadata attributes associated with the files provided as an argument.

The following options are available:

-name

Print only the matching metadata attribute value. Can be used multiple times.

-raw

Print raw attribute data in the order that was requested. Fields will be separated with a ASCII NUL character, suitable for piping to xargs(1) -0.

-nullMarker

Sets a marker string to be used when a requested attribute is null. Only used in -raw mode. Default is "(null)".

SEE ALSO

mdfind(1), mdutil(1) xargs(1)