MDLS(1) BSD General Commands Manual MDLS(1)NAMEmdls — lists the metadata attributes for the specified file
SYNOPSISmdls [-name attributeName] [-raw [-nullMarker markerString]] file ...
DESCRIPTION
The mdls command prints the values of all the metadata attributes associ‐
ated 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, suit‐
able 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 ALSOmdfind(1), mdutil(1)xargs(1)Mac OS X June 3, 2004 Mac OS X