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/usr/bin/attr

utilities for managing filesystem extended attributes

From attr 2.6.0-r6 (os), captured 2026-11-05 by running attr --help (exit 1). permalink

/usr/bin/attr: invalid option -- '-'
Unrecognized option: ?
Usage: attr [-LRSq] -s attrname [-V attrvalue] pathname  # set value
       attr [-LRSq] -g attrname pathname                 # get value
       attr [-LRSq] -r attrname pathname                 # remove attr
       attr [-LRq]  -l pathname                          # list attrs
      -s reads a value from stdin and -g writes a value to stdout

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