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Commands tagged chmod

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Terminal - Commands tagged chmod - 9 results
vix(){ vim +'w | set ar | silent exe "!chmod +x %" | redraw!' $@; }
2010-05-27 21:12:48
User: dooblem
Functions: ar set vim
Tags: vim vi chmod
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vi a new file with execution mode
vix /tmp/script.sh

Open a file directly with execution permission.

Put the function in your .bashrc

You can also put this in your vimrc:

command XX w | set ar | silent exe "!chmod +x %" | redraw!

and open a new file like this:

vi +XX /tmp/script.sh
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chmod --reference file1 file2
2010-03-31 12:05:48
User: rpavlick
Functions: chmod
Tags: chmod chown chgrp
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Makes the permissions of file2 the same as file1

Also works with:

chgrp --reference file1 file2 chown --reference file1 file2
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chmod -R 774 .
2009-12-23 18:42:26
User: cfajohnson
Functions: chmod
Tags: chmod recursive
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Recursive chmod all files and directories within the current directory
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find . -print -exec chmod 777 {} \;
2009-12-23 13:16:31
User: ringlerun
Functions: chmod find
Tags: chmod recursive
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Recursive chmod all files and directories within the current directory

sometimes if directories are too deep, chmod -R fails... in those cases, a find comes in most handy :)

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find | xargs chmod 777
2009-12-23 10:21:58
User: tsiqueira
Functions: chmod find xargs
Tags: chmod recursive
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Recursive chmod all files and directories within the current directory
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chmod -R 777 *
2009-12-23 09:29:04
User: mathias
Functions: chmod
Tags: chmod recursive
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Recursive chmod all files and directories within the current directory
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find . -type f ! -perm /g=r -exec chmod g+r {} +
2009-06-17 13:39:59
User: braklet
Functions: chmod find
Tags: find chmod
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Give any files that don't already have it group read permission under the current folder (recursive)

Makes any files in the current directory (and any sub-directories) group-readable.

Using the "! -perm /g=r" limits the number of files to only those that do not already have this property

Using "+" on the end of the -exec body tells find to build the entire command by appending all matching files before execution, so invokes chmod once only, not once per file.

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find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
2009-06-07 08:17:06
User: marssi
Functions: chmod find
Tags: find chmod
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Change permissions of every directory in current directory

"find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755"

thanks masterofdisaster

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find ./ -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
2009-04-22 21:14:36
User: ethanmiller
Functions: chmod find
Tags: chmod
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Recursively change permissions on files, leave directories alone.
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