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Use the xattr command. You can inspect the extended attributes:

$ xattr s.7z
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms
com.apple.quarantine
and use the -d option to delete one extended attribute:

$ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine s.7z
$ xattr s.7z
com.apple.metadata:kMDItemWhereFroms
you can also use the -c option to remove all extended attributes:

$ xattr -c s.7z
$ xattr s.7z
xattr -h will show you the command line options, and xattr has a man page.
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