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xattr — Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcod

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Problem

How to use the xattr command: Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/xattr.1.html>.

Solution

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}}

Code Snippets

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}}

Context

tldr-pages: osx/xattr

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