[Gllug] How to chmod selectively without writing a script

[Rhys Hopkins]

try :

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

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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