[SOLVED] chmod directories or files with recursive. not both

spezticle · 04-14-2012, 10:23 PM

Sorry if the subject sounds confusing.

What i'm trying to do apply permissions to everything in "./Directory/" and up all 755 if it is a directory but 644 if it is not a directory.

So i was thinking a command like

Code:

chmod 755 ./ -Rv |grep drwx

or something like that, but obviously that doesn't work.

catkin · 04-15-2012, 01:21 AM

Code:

find ./Directory -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
find ./Directory -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Beware that will render any executables non-executable!

fukawi1 · 04-15-2012, 01:21 AM

If i understand your question correctly, I would use 2 find commands as such:

Code:

find ./Directory -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \;

This will find anything within ./Directory of type directory (d) and execute the chmod command on the results, represented by the '{}'.

You could then run a similar command, but modified to only find files (type f).

spezticle · 04-15-2012, 02:55 AM

perfect. thanks. awesome that you both replied in the same minute with the same command haha