chmod recursion -- files only

Risc91 · 07-23-2004, 02:17 PM

Is there a way to change the permissions on all the files below a given directory? I thought it was as simple as:

chmod -R 444 /usr/lib/whatever/*.ext

but this is changing the permissions on everything below the given driectory, including and directories.

TIA

zorba4 · 07-23-2004, 02:45 PM

"find . -type f -print | xargs chmod 444 "shoud work, isn't it ?
If not, find . -print >myfile.sh
and vi myfile.sh removing the directories (they should not be soo many), and then
1,$s/^/chmod 444/
and sh myfile.sh.
I know, the vi way is not very clever, but it works without thinking more than two seconds, so why not ?

Risc91 · 07-23-2004, 03:20 PM

good call. Thanks for the help!

zorba4 · 07-23-2004, 05:00 PM

You're welcome

crabboy · 07-23-2004, 11:09 PM

The first find should work w/o vi.

Code:

find /usr/lib/whatever -type f -name '*.ext' -exec chmod 444 {} \;

diederick76 · 07-22-2007, 05:12 AM

If your files contain spaces, backslashes, etc., do this instead:

find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 444

unclecameron · 06-20-2008, 04:16 PM

also, if you need to change the permissions on the folder instead of the files, try this

Code:

find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755