How to change the permissions the whole directory?
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How to change the permissions the whole directory?
Hi,
I am trying to change the permissions of all the files in a particular directory. I have to change their permissions one by one. Is there any wasy such that we can change the permissions of whole directory at once. I mean permissions of all the files at once?
If there are subdirectories, containing files, then you can use the recursion option, which causes the command to enter subdirectory trees as well. (see chmod --help)
It is better to give different permissions to directories than you do for files. Only programs and scripts should have the 'x' bit set. But you want directories to have the 'x' bit set. For directories, the 'x' bit allows you to enter them. You can use the `find' command to find just files or just directories:
find . -type d -exec chmod ug=rwx,o= '{}' \;
find . -type f -exec chmod ug=r,o= '{}' \;
The '{}' characters is a place holder for the file found.
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