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Old 12-02-2010, 12:37 PM   #1
gutterboy
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Recursive chown folders & not files

Hey guys..... I know you can do a recursive chown on EVERYTHING like this..

chown -R username:group somedir

But what I want to do is the same, but only make it affect folders & NOT files.

Can this be done?

Thanks a lot!
 
Old 12-02-2010, 12:50 PM   #2
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Yes, by combining find and chown.

find /top/path/here -type d -exec chown username:group '{}' \;

see: man find
 
Old 12-02-2010, 01:10 PM   #3
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