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what does the @ symbol mean in ls -l directory listing?

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Possible Duplicate: ls -la symbolics… what does that last symbol mean? When I run ls -l on my mac I see two .yml files: same owner, same permissions but one has a @ at the end of the permisions. The one with the @ shows up in my editor, the one without does not. So there must be some significance. …

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It indicates that the file has extended attributes, it is mac specific. The command xattr deals with those attributes, so try xattr -h to see its parameters.

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