osx man page for mdls

MDLS(1) 						    BSD General Commands Manual 						   MDLS(1)

NAME
     mdls -- lists the metadata attributes for the specified file

SYNOPSIS
     mdls [-name attributeName] [-raw [-nullMarker markerString]] file ...

DESCRIPTION
     The mdls command prints the values of all the metadata attributes associated 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, suitable 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 ALSO
     mdfind(1), mdutil(1) xargs(1)

Mac OS X							   June 3, 2004 							  Mac OS X