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# mdls

> Display the metadata attributes for a file.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdls.1.html>.

- Display the list of metadata attributes for file:

`mdls {{path/to/file}}`

- Display a specific metadata attribute:

`mdls -name {{attribute}} {{path/to/file}}`