FG
💻 Software

'@' sign on mac commandline

Fresh6 days ago
Mar 15, 2026555 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

What does a '@' sign mean in mac command line next to file permissions?

Error Output

-rw-r--r--@ 1 user staff 1111 May 3 15:10 MyFile.txt

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: '@' sign on mac commandline

Low Risk

The @ indicates that the file has associated extended attributes. You can find explanation in the man page: The Long Format If the -l option is given, the following information is displayed for each file: file mode, number of links, owner name, grou…

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment