[Gllug] How to chmod selectively without writing a script

[Liad Bokovsky]

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 01:01:15PM +0100 , Rhys Hopkins mentioned that:

>try :
>
>find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;  # finds directories and applies chmod
>find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;  # finds regular files and applies
>chmod

as an old dog, I'm still using one of the old tricks I've learnt.

find . -type d |xargs chmod 755  - for directories and sub-dirs'
find . -type f |xargs chmod 644  - for files


>
>Regards,
>
>Rhys.
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Garry Heaton [mailto:garry at heaton6.freeserve.co.uk]
>> Sent: 01 October 2002 13:06
>> To: gllug at linux.co.uk
>> Subject: [Gllug] How to chmod selectively without writing a script
>> 
>> 
>> I want to be able to change the permissions on subdirectories without
>> changing the contents of those directories. So far I've tried
>> 
>> chmod -R 755 */
>> 
>> ... but this changes all the files to 755.
>> 
>> I want the files in all the subdirectories to be set to 644 so I tried
>> 
>> chmod -R 644 *.*
>> 
>> ... but this only affects the current directory. I've tried 
>> starting with:
>> 
>> chmod -R 644 *
>> chmod -R 755 */
>> 
>> This initially changes all the files and directories to 644 but then
>> everything goes to 755. This being the case, why does
>> 
>> chmod -R 644 *
>> 
>> ... affect all subdirectory files while
>> 
>> chmod -R 644 *.* only affects the current directory?
>> 
>> Garry Heaton
>> 
>> 
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