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netic
Asked: 2011-08-25 03:28:36 +0800 CST

chmod files only in all subdirectories

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Please someone assist me with chmod, I have the following file structure

-dir1
--file1
--file2
--dir1a
---file1a1
---file1a2
--dir1b
---file1b1
---file1b2

How do I chmod 655 to all files under dir1 and all subdir? So all files will have 655 permission and all dir will remain as they were.

Thank you

chmod

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Better to use

    find . -type f -exec chmod 655 -- {} +

    The other proposed solution from @sagarchalise will not work if filenames contain spaces or start with a dash.

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  2. I think going inside dir1 and

    find . -type f | xargs chmod 655

    will do the trick.

    Or this version, which supports file names with spaces:

    find . -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 655

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