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NAME

       getfattr - get extended attributes of filesystem objects

SYNOPSIS

       getfattr [-hRLP] -n name [-e en] pathname...
       getfattr [-hRLP] -d [-e en] [-m pattern] pathname...

DESCRIPTION

       For  each  file, getfattr displays the file name, and the set of extended attribute names (and optionally
       values) which are associated with that file. Per default  only  attributes  in  the  user  namespace  are
       displayed, see -m.

       The output format of getfattr -d is as follows:
               1:  # file: somedir/
               2:  user.name0="value0"
               3:  user.name1="value1"
               4:  user.name2="value2"
               5:  ...

       Line  1  identifies  the file name for which the following lines are being reported.  The remaining lines
       (lines 2 to 4 above) show the name and value pairs associated with the specified file.

OPTIONS

       -n name, --name=name
           Dump the value of the named extended attribute.

       -d, --dump
           Dump the values of all matched extended attributes.

       -e en, --encoding=en
           Encode values after retrieving them.  Valid values of en are "text",  "hex",  and  "base64".   Values
           encoded  as  text strings are enclosed in double quotes ("), while strings encoded as hexadecimal and
           base64 are prefixed with 0x and 0s, respectively.

       -h, --no-dereference
           Do not dereference symlinks. Instead of the file a symlink refers to, the symlink itself is examined.
           Unless doing a logical (-L) traversal, do not traverse symlinks to directories.

       -m pattern, --match=pattern
           Only  include  attributes  with names matching the regular expression pattern.  The default value for
           pattern is "^user\\.", which includes all the attributes in  the  user  namespace.  Specify  "-"  for
           including all attributes.  Refer to xattr(7) for a more detailed discussion of namespaces.

       --absolute-names
           Do  not  strip  leading  slash  characters  ('/').   The  default behaviour is to strip leading slash
           characters.

       --only-values
           Dump out the raw extended attribute value(s) without encoding them.

       -R, --recursive
           List the attributes of all files and directories recursively.

       -L, --logical
           Logical walk, follow symbolic links to directories.  The default behaviour is to follow symbolic link
           arguments unless --no-dereference is given, and to skip symbolic links encountered in subdirectories.
           Only effective in combination with -R.

       -P, --physical
           Physical walk, do not follow symbolic links to directories.  This also skips symbolic link arguments.
           Only effective in combination with -R.

       --version
           Print the version of getfattr and exit.

       --help
           Print help explaining the command line options.

       --  End  of  command  line options.  All remaining parameters are interpreted as file names, even if they
           start with a dash character.

AUTHOR

       Andreas  Gruenbacher,  <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>  and  the  SGI  XFS  development   team,   <linux-
       xfs@oss.sgi.com>.

       Please  send  your  bug  reports  or  comments to <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?group=attr> or <acl-
       devel@nongnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       setfattr(1), xattr(7)