How to see what files spotlight is currently indexing
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00:00 How To See What Files Spotlight Is Currently Indexing
00:25 Accepted Answer Score 10
00:37 Answer 2 Score 14
00:53 Thank you
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ANSWER 1
Score 14
You can use the fs_usage command to see the list of files visited by the mdworker process:
sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys mdworker | egrep "open"
Hope it helps!
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 10
Have you tried
sudo opensnoop -p PID
where PID is the process ID of mdworker?