What does @ mean in -rw-r--r--@?

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-rw-r--r--@ 1 abc  staff  1088808  8 31 09:55 marcus_gow

Anyone knows this, what's it for?

I'd think the same thing, but he tagged it [tag:linux] when it's almost certainly not Linux. — Michael Hampton, Aug 31 '12 at 02:46
As @abc already seems to got some proper answers, here's my Friday reply: obviously it's "wall rodent worm wall rodent wall wall rodent wall wall Nethack_hero" — Janne Pikkarainen, Aug 31 '12 at 09:28
See [this](http://apple.stackexchange.com/q/53277/387) question as well. — Alex, Aug 31 '12 at 09:34

score 32 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 31 '12 at 02:42

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If the file or directory has extended attributes, the permissions field printed by the -l option is followed by a '@' character.

ls -l@ /path/to/marcus_gow
xattr -l /path/to/marcus_gow

answered Aug 31 '12 at 02:42

quanta

score 12 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 31 '12 at 09:07

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It means that the files has extended attributes.

edited Aug 31 '12 at 09:07

Community

answered Aug 31 '12 at 02:42

MDMarra

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