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macOS Spotlight Command Line Opt
mdutil --help
mdutil: unrecognized option `--help'
Usage: mdutil -pEsa -i (on|off) -d volume ...
mdutil -t {volume-path | deviceid} fileid
Utility to manage Spotlight indexes.
-p Publish metadata.
-i (on|off) Turn indexing on or off.
-d Disable Spotlight activity for volume (re-enable using -i on).
-E Erase and rebuild index.
-s Print indexing status.
-t Resolve files from file id with an optional volume path or device id.
-a Apply command to all volumes.
-V vol Apply command to all stores on the specified volume.
-v Display verbose information.
-r plugins Ask the server to reimport files for UTIs claimed by the listed plugin.
-L path List the directory contents of the Spotlight index on the specified volume.
-P path Dump the VolumeConfig.plist for the specified volume.
-X path Remove the Spotlight index directory on the specified volume. Does NOT disable indexing.
NOTE: Run as owner for network homes, otherwise run as root.
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