Sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory
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 ... ]
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.
A summary of options is included below.
-h
Show summary of options.
-l
Print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.
-z
Compress or decompress (if compressed) attribute value in zip format).
The Python module "xattr"
xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <[email protected]>.
This manual page was written by Federico Ceratto, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).