Is it possible to edit file metadata? I need to fix a Quicken file.

After my first ever hard drive crash, I got my data back from a recovery service. (My last Time Machine backup was from March, but that's another topic.) Using mdls I can see that my Quicken data file now has question marks where the creator code and file type should be. Quicken thinks it is a plain text file, so it won't open.
Is there some way to replace the incorrect metadata on the file? This is Quicken 2002 by the way.
Thanks for your help.

Thanks! SetFile does exactly what I wanted.
Drag and drop didn't work because Quicken adamantly refused to accept what it considered a plain text file. That's why I wanted to restore the file type back to Quicken data.
Alas, Quicken now valiantly tries to open the file but can't due to what it calls a damaged resource map. (Or maybe a missing resource file?)
Nevertheless - thanks for your help!

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