finder-tag

Add color tags to files and folders on Mac OS X

Note: this module currently only supports color tags on OS X. Support for adding/setting/getting all tags may come in the future. Pull Requests for this are welcome.

CLI

$ npm install --global finder-tag

$ finder-tag --help

  Easily add color tags to files and folders on Mac OS X

  Usage
    $ finder-tag [path] [color]

  Available Colors:
    `gray`, `green`, `purple`, `blue`, `yellow`, `red`, `orange`
    To clear all tags pass `clear` as the color

  Examples
    $ finder-tag ~/Desktop blue
    /Users/dave/Downloads is tagged `blue`
    $ finder-tag app.js yellow
    /root/site/scripts/app.js is tagged `yellow`
    $ finder-tag app.js clear
    /root/site/scripts/app.js all tags have been cleared

Using Programmatically

Install

$ npm install --save finder-tag

Usage

const finderTag = require('finder-tag');
 
finderTag('/some/path', 'blue').then(
  (result) => console.log(result)
  // { code: 0,
  //   command: 'xattr ...',
  //   path: '/some/path',
  //   tag: 'blue' }
);

API

finderTag(path, color)

path

Type: string

The filesystem path to apply the tag to.

color

Type: string

Available Colors:

• 'gray'
• 'green'
• 'purple'
• 'blue'
• 'yellow'
• 'red'
• 'orange'
• 'clear' - This will remove all tags

License

MIT © DaveJ