mdfind - Run Spotlight searches against an SMB server
mvxattr {server} {sharename} {query} [-p, --path] [-L, --live]
MDFIND(1) User Commands MDFIND(1) NAME mdfind - 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*"' ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+-----------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Availability | service/network/samba | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Stability | Volatile | +---------------+-----------------------+ 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 4.13.17 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. NOTES Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source- code-downloads.html. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/stable/samba-4.13.17.tar.gz. Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at http://www.samba.org/. Samba 4.13.17 06/28/2022 MDFIND(1)