Question

I found there are two files with same names but one with extended attribute while the other not (Actually I used sed command to do in-place operation with one file before):

-rw-r--r--  1 nanxiao  staff   351K Sep 28 12:29 db_chunks.csv
-rw-r--r--@ 1 nanxiao  staff   351K Sep 28 09:55 db_chunks.csv

So when I open db_chunks.csv, which file is actually operated? What is the relationship with these two files?

P.S., my macOS is Catalina.

Edit: The following is the output of ls -lb:

-rw-r--r--  1 nanxiao  staff  538150 Sep 28 12:29 pcap_chunks.csv
-rw-r--r--@ 1 nanxiao  staff  538658 Sep 28 12:25 pcap_chunks.csv

And although both are csv files, they are classified as different file formats in Finder: enter image description here

The "Get info" of both files: enter image description here

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Solution

You cannot have two files with the same name in the same folder.

If you look closely at the "Get Info" screenshots you've posted - there seems to be a much larger gap between the filename and "Info" on the left-most screenshot compared to the right-most screenshot.

This seems to indicate that you've probably have a space at the end of the name of one of the files. You can just rename the file in Finder to give it a separate name and remove the space.

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