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# mdutil
> Manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight for indexing.
> More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/mdutil.1.html>.
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- Show the indexing status of the startup volume:
`mdutil -s {{/}}`
- Turn on/off the Spotlight indexing for a given volume:
`mdutil -i {{on|off}} {{path/to/volume}}`
- Turn on/off indexing for all volumes:
`mdutil -a -i {{on|off}}`
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- Erase the metadata stores and restart the indexing process:
`mdutil -E {{path/to/volume}}`