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mdutil

List of commands for mdutil:

  • mdutil:tldr:7460c mdutil: Erase the metadata stores and restart the indexing process.
    $ mdutil -E ${path-to-volume}
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  • mdutil:tldr:ecdc9 mdutil: Turn on/off the Spotlight indexing for a given volume.
    $ mdutil -i ${select} ${path-to-volume}
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  • mdutil:tldr:f0bd9 mdutil: Turn on/off indexing for all volumes.
    $ mdutil -a -i ${select}
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  • mdutil:tldr:facbd mdutil: Show the indexing status of the startup volume.
    $ mdutil -s ${-}
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