Script to set up permissions

amwink · 10-21-2005, 07:46 PM

I needed some space in my /home and decided to move a whole tree of files to a FAT partition. However, today I decided to bring those files back to the Linux partition.

Now, here is the problem: all these files became set as "executable" (pdf, mp3, tex, and other formats) after returning to my home dir. This is very annoying because when I type "ls" in konsole, these files appear green, and it is really confusing (I use xterm and konsole a lot, and the colors have always been very meaningful).

If I try something as "chmod -x * -R", then I loose the right to enter in my own dirs and subdirs, and the files' permissions are not corrected because of this.

Does anybody know a way to do a "chmod -x -R", but only for files, not for the directories themselves (maybe a script that enters in each subdir and correct the permissions for the files only)??

Tks in advance

amwink

Dark_Helmet · 10-21-2005, 08:55 PM

Code:

find /path/to/toplevel/dir -type f -exec chmod -x {} \;

Check out man find for details on the arguments. It should be relatively straightforward though.

amwink · 10-22-2005, 09:32 AM

This very simple line worked perfectly!!
Thanks a lot for your help!
amwink