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mdls

Display the metadata attributes for a file. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/mdls.html.
  • Display the list of metadata attributes for file:
    mdls {{path/to/file}}
  • Display a specific metadata attribute:
    mdls -name {{attribute}} {{path/to/file}}

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