mvxattr1
Recursively rename extended attributes
Usage
mvxattr -s
STRING,
--from=STRING
-d
STRING,
--to=STRING
[-l,
--follow-symlinks]
[-p,
--print]
[-v,
--verbose]
[-f,
--force]
PATH
[PATH ...]
Overview
This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
mvxattr is a simple utility to recursively rename extended attributes.
By default all symlinks are ignored, use -l to follow them.
Options
-
-s STRING, --from=STRING -
Source xattr name
-
-d STRING, --to=STRING -
Destination xattr name
-
-l, --follow-symlinks -
Follow symlinks, the default is to ignore them.
-
-p, --print -
Print files where the xattr got renamed.
-
-v, --verbose -
Print files as they are checked.
-
-f, --force -
Force overwriting of destination xattr.
Version
This man page is part of version 4.25.1 of the Samba suite.
History
- Arch Linux 2026-11-01: the text shown here
- Debian 13 (Trixie)
- Debian 12 (Bookworm)
- Debian 11 (Bullseye)
- Debian 10 (Buster)