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NAME

       xattr - sets or lists extended attributes on a file or directory

SYNOPSIS

       xattr [ -l ] filename [ attr_name [ attr_value ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the xattr command.

       With no optional arguments, lists the xattrs on file.
       With attr_name only, lists the contents of attr_name on file.
       With attr_value, set the contents of attr_name on file.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -l     print long format (attr_name: attr_value) when listing xattrs.

SEE ALSO

       The Python module "xattr"

AUTHOR

       xattr was written by Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>.

       This  manual  page  was  written  by  Federico  Ceratto, for the Debian
       project (and may be used by others).

                                 May  8, 2010