mdfind - Man Page
Run Spotlight searches against an SMB server
Synopsis
mvxattr {server} {sharename} {query} [-p, --path] [-L, --live]
Description
This tool is part of the samba(1) suite.
mdfind is a simple utility to run Spotlight searches against an SMB server that runs the Spotlight mdssvc RPC service.
Options
- server
The SMB server name or IP address to connect to.
- sharename
The name of a share on the server.
- query
The query expression syntax is a simplified form of filename globbing familiar to shell users. Queries have the following format:
attribute=="value"
For queries against a Samba server with Spotlight enabled using the Elasticsearch backend, the list of supported metadata attributes is given by the JSON attribute mapping file, typically installed at /usr/share/samba/mdssvc/elasticsearch_mappings.json
- -p PATH, --path=PATH
Server side path to search, defaults to "/"
- -L, --live
Query remains running.
Examples
Search all indexed metadata attributes, exact match:
'*=="Samba"'
Search all indexed metadata attributes, prefix match:
'*=="Samba*"'
Search by filename:
'kMDItemFSName=="Samba*"'
Search by date:
'kMDItemFSContentChangeDate<$time.iso(2018-10-01T10:00:00Z)'
Search files's content:
'kMDItemTextContent=="Samba*"'
Expressions:
kMDItemFSName=="Samba*"||kMDItemTextContent=="Tango*"'
See Also
File Metadata Search Programming Guide https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/SpotlightQuery/Concepts/Introduction.html
Version
This man page is part of version 4.14.0rc3 of the Samba suite.
Author
The original Samba software and related utilities were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.
The mdfind manpage was written by Ralph Boehme.