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how to enable or disable spotlight disc indexing from the terminal. all the following work on root "/". to specify another volume, put its path at end of the command

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  1. // disable spotlight indexing
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  3. sudo mdutil -i off  
  4.  
  5. // enable spotlight indexing
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  7. sudo mdutil -i on
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  9. // delete existing spotlight indexes
  10. sudo mdutil -E 
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  12. // some other options:  -s = display status, -v = verbose

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