chmod change olny directories recursively

flokip · 03-28-2010, 06:23 PM

Is it possible to change only directories access permissions recursively with some linux command.
I need to set x ( access )permissions on directories but not execute on files.

PS
http://linux.die.net/man/1/chmod
chmod - change file access permissions

-R, --recursive
change files and directories recursively

chrism01 · 03-28-2010, 06:29 PM

Use find cmd with -type d to feed into chmod http://linux.die.net/man/1/find

GrapefruiTgirl · 03-28-2010, 06:30 PM

Code:

shell# find /some/folder -type d -exec chmod <blah-blah> "{}" \;

The above should work fine enough.

Replace /some/path with whatever is the start directory to recurse into; replace <blah-blah> with whatever read/write/whatever permission(s) you wish (refer to the chmod man page).

-type d ... this means find items of the type "directory" (refer to the `find` manpage for full details).

chrism01 neat me to it -- well, there you have it.

Sasha