File attributes. Unable to remove using sudo rm -rf in osx

Question

Looked around for what the following means:

-rw-r--r--+ Filea.a

The above file in OSX can not be removed with sudo rm -rf.

Operation not permitted

What does the "+" signify? How does one remove such a file?

Can you edit your post to include the error message you get when trying to remove the file? As for your second question, the + character indicates that an access control list (ACL) has been defined for the file. — AdminBee, Mar 12 '20 at 16:04
ls -le Files.a 0: group:everyone deny write,delete,append,writeattr,writeextattr,chown — paulj, Mar 12 '20 at 16:41

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 12 '20 at 17:17

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The + indicates you have acl on the file. do this command

getfacl file.a

It should show why you cannot remove the file.

answered Mar 12 '20 at 17:17

Mark Stewart

OSX does not have getfacl. See link in AdminBee comment – paulj Mar 13 '20 at 14:08
then use that method to remove the ACL. same issue just a different method of setting ACL's And mark it solved so people will stop looking at your post. – Mark Stewart Mar 13 '20 at 14:12

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