getfattr

Sergey Ostapov

Displays the extended attribute names and values (if any) for a file or directory. Returns 0 on success and non-zero on error.

The usage is as follows:

$ hadoop fs -getfattr [-R] -n name | -d [-e en] <path>

Examples:

$ hadoop fs -getfattr -d /file
$ hadoop fs -getfattr -R -n user.myAttr /dir

Arguments
-R	Recursively lists the attributes for all files and directories
-n	Dumps the named extended attribute value
-d	Dumps all extended attribute values associated with pathname
-e encoding	Encodes values after retrieving them. Valid encodings are `text`, `hex`, and `base64`. Values encoded as text strings are enclosed in double quotes (`"`), and values encoded as hexadecimal and base64 are prefixed with `0x` and `0s`, respectively
path	A path to file or directory

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