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TL;DR

xattr

Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes. More information: https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/xattr.1.html.

  • List key:value extended attributes for a given file:

xattr -l file

  • Write an attribute for a given file:

xattr -w attribute_key attribute_value file

  • Delete an attribute from a given file:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine file

  • Delete all extended attributes from a given file:

xattr -c file

  • Recursively delete an attribute in a given directory:

xattr -rd attribute_key directory

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