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Manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight for indexing. tldr-pages

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Show the indexing status of the startup volume

mdutil -s /Identify

Turn on/off the Spotlight indexing for a given volume

mdutil -i on path/to/volumeIdentify

Turn on/off indexing for all volumes

mdutil -a -i onIdentify

Erase the metadata stores and restart the indexing process

mdutil -E path/to/volumeIdentify