Recursively remove extended file attributes in OS X

rmextattr.sh

#! /bin/bash
# Sometimes downloaded files in OS X contain extended attributes that disallow
# the files to be accessed by apache. Nuke the site from orbit.
rmextattr() {
	find . | while read filename
	do
	     while read attr
	     do
	           echo "removing ${attr} from ${filename}"
	           xattr -d "${attr}" "${filename}" 
	     done < <(xattr "${filename}")
	done
}