# getfattr

## 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.
    


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