[Gllug] How to chmod selectively without writing a script

[devans at presscentre.net]

Play around with this as it suits.

$ find mp3/ -type d -exec chmod -R a=rx {} \;

Rgds,
Darren

On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 01:05:31PM +0100, Garry Heaton wrote:
> 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?

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