[bug #58941] wishlist: Support for -xattr -xattrname

[Kevin Locke]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?58941>

                 Summary: wishlist: Support for -xattr -xattrname
                 Project: findutils
            Submitted by: kevinoid
            Submitted on: Wed 12 Aug 2020 02:34:14 PM UTC
                Category: find
                Severity: 3 - Normal
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             Open/Closed: Open
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Details:

It would be great if find could support searching for files based on the
presence/absence of extended attributes (xattrs).

The only way I could find to do this currently is via -exec, as suggested in
https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/162359 and
https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/132795

For reference, OS X find supports xattr search with the tests:

-xattr
True if the file has any extended attributes.

-xattrname name
True if the file has an extended attribute with the specified name.

per
https://opensource.apple.com/source/shell_cmds/shell_cmds-203/find/find.1.auto.html

Thanks for considering,
Kevin




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