Thunar - Using gfvs metadata

 gio info -a 'metadata::*' $HOME

 $ touch /tmp/myfile
 $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/myfile
    attributes:
 $ gio set attribute -t string /tmp/myfile 'metadata::mynote' 'Please remember to delete this file!'
 $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/myfile
    attributes:
       metadata::mynote: Please remember to delete this file!
 $ gio move /tmp/myfile /tmp/newfile
 $ gio info -a 'metadata::*' /tmp/newfile
    attributes:
       metadata::mynote: Please remember to delete this file!

(Info from Redhat)

Check used emblems of a file:

 $ gio info 22 | grep emblem
 metadata::emblems: [emblem-favorite-symbolic.symbolic, emblem-generic]

Set some other emblems:

 $ gio set 22 metadata::emblems --type=stringv emblem-debian emblem-default

Note that it is required to refresh the folder to see the changes

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