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xattr

  • Manages extended attributes associated with a file or directory
  • The presence of extended attributes are typically noted by the @ symbol
drwx------@  2 john    staff    64B Nov  3 16:44 file.txt

-l

# list extended attributes
xattr -l file.txt

-d

# Remove attribute
xattr -d "com.apple.quarantine" file.txt
xattr -d "com.apple.provenance" file.txt

-c

# Remove att attributes
xattr -c file.txt