Spotlight Rebuilding Ugh!

macos-spotlight-rebuilding-sierra-2017.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Turn off spotlight.
  sudo mdutil -a -i off

# Remove the index files.
  sudo rm -rfv /.Spotlight-V100

# Turn on spotlight.
  sudo mdutil -a -i on

# Reindex all mounted /Volumes
  sudo mdutil -aE
  
# if above doesn't work like it didn't work for me
  sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/*
  
# Disable Spotlight
  sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
  
# Enable Spotlight
  sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist