"option -r not recognized" when running xattr -r

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What's the full command you are using or what are you trying to do?
- The full command was
  
  xattr -cr /Applications/RyuSAK.app
  
  Try
  
  xattr -rc
It’s hard for anyone to help if you don’t give details, but I can only guess …..

The man page describes -r starting

If a file argument is a directory …

So, did you specify a directory?
- Yes I wrote
  
  xattr -cr /Applications/RyuSAK.app
  
  Then remove the ”r” in ”-cr”? The .app is like a special zip file or something if I remember correctly. Not a directory
Are you using the standard xattr command that's built into macOS? IIRC there's another program out there by the same name with completely different syntax. Try running type xattr; it should say something like "xattr is /usr/bin/xattr" if you're using the standard one.

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