Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories

chmod -R -x+X *

With GNU chmod at least it is that simple.

By: CodSpirit

2009-11-09 07:41:27

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Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories

Useful if you have copied files from an OS without a permission structure (for example, DOS) and you need to disable all executable files but want to be able to descend into your directories.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
1

find . ! -type d -exec chmod -x {}\;

drashkeev · 2009-11-08 21:27:08 5
Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories, firm permissions

forces user to rw, group to r, and other to no access. files will not be marked executable. directories will be executable for users and groups only. Show Sample Output
This is sample output - yours may be different.
```
-rw-r-----   1 www-data www-data 3353273 Jun 21 17:58 XP_Help_20100621.zip
drwxr-x---   8 www-data www-data    4096 Jun  3  2009 Widgetized_HomePage
drwxr-x---  12 www-data www-data    4096 Jan 12  2010 Wizard_Old_Concept
drwxr-x---   5 www-data www-data    4096 Oct 21  2009 Wizard_New_Concept
```
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chmod -R u=rw-x+X,g=r-x+X,o= .

donnoman · 2010-07-16 18:42:00 6
Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories, firm permissions
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-2

find . -type f -exec chmod 640 {} ';'

lionping · 2010-07-18 21:03:38 5
Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories, firm permissions
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-3

find . -type f -exec chmod a-x {} \;

bandie91 · 2010-07-19 09:02:59 5
Remove executable bit from all files in the current directory recursively, excluding other directories

I hate -exec with find, and this pattern quickly expands to other tasks.
This is sample output - yours may be different.
-4

find . -type f | while read f; do chmod -x "$f"; done

alesplin · 2009-11-09 04:30:44 3

What Others Think

Not bad. I usually did that with something like what drashkeev proposed but I always found it too long. I never cared to look further the chmod man... Brilliant!

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