NAME

uttype - Information about Uniform Type Identifiers

SYNOPSIS

uttype [flags] [options] [identifier1 [identifier2 [...]]]

DESCRIPTION

This command can be used to query the system programmatically about Uniform Type Identifiers (UTTypes for short) known to it.

EXAMPLE

List all declared UTTypes

uttype --all

List all UTTypes that claim the filename extension "xyz" and which conform to "public.data"

uttype --extension ´xyz´ --conformsto ´public.data´

List extended information about the UTType "com.apple.package"

uttype --verbose "com.apple.package"

List all supported flags and options

uttype --help

SEE ALSO

lsregister(1)

HISTORY

First appeared in macOS 11.