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# set-file-status

A CLI how-to guide. SDK power-users can [refer to our full SDK docs generated from our source code here](https://darwin-py-sdk.v7labs.com/)

Sets the status of one or more `DatasetItems` to the selected status.

```shell
> darwin dataset set-file-status cars archived car_1.jpg
```

**Positional arguments**:

* `dataset`: The name of the Remote Dataset the files belong to.
* `status`: The status to change to. Available statuses are: archived, clear, new, restore-archived.
* `files`: The files we want to affect.

Watch it in action!

![1396](https://files.readme.io/1e7258d-Mar-14-2023_14-22-55.gif "Mar-14-2023 14-22-55.gif")