xattr
Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/xattr.html.
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List key:value extended attributes for a given file:
xattr -l {{file}}
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Write an attribute for a given file:
xattr -w {{attribute_key}} {{attribute_value}} {{file}}
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Delete an attribute from a given file:
xattr -d {{com.apple.quarantine}} {{file}}
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Delete all extended attributes from a given file:
xattr -c {{file}}
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Recursively delete an attribute in a given directory:
xattr -rd {{attribute_key}} {{directory}}
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