Re: tags manipulation
Re: tags manipulation
- Subject: Re: tags manipulation
- From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:15:04 -0500
On Sep 27, 2015, at 21:49, Shane Stanley <email@hidden> wrote:
> OK, some conclusions for anyone interested:
>
> * Finder labels look like tags in the Finder, but they are stored differently in Spotlight metadata.
Hey Shane,
Thanks for following up on this.
The hell of it is that your newest script only finds 290 items on my system.
This is roughly equivalent to what `mdfind` discovers.
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mdfind -live -onlyin ~/ 'kMDItemFSLabel == "6"' --> 283 items found
Shanes original script --> 18 items found
tag --find Red --home --> 18 items found
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In the Spotlight UI in the Finder:
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File label 6 --> 612 items found
Tags contains "Red" --> 10 items found
tag:red --> 614 items found
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HoudahSpot » File label: Red --> 283 items found
File Buddy » File label: Red --> 617 items found
Find Any File » File label: Red --> 617 items found
tag -m Red -d ~/ --> 618 items found
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None of this makes me very happy with the current "state-of-the-art".
In my opinion one of the very most important functions of a computer is easily, quickly, and accurately finding things.
I'm very frustrated that this stuff isn't bombproof after all these years.
And that's why I have as many good search tools on my system as possible.
The `tag` command-line-tool is perhaps syntactically a little clumsy, but it's a good addition to the arsenal.
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I'm not altogether sure what I'm going to do to improve this on my system.
Probably script the removal of labels and the addition (if necessary) of the equivalent tag.
Then too there may be the issue of different tagging systems still in play.
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Take Care,
Chris
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