tldr/pages/osx/xattr.md

xattr

Utility to work with extended filesystem attributes.

• 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 {{attribute_key}} {{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}}