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With GNU chmod at least it is that simple.
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.
I hate -exec with find, and this pattern quickly expands to other tasks.
Any thoughts on this command? Does it work on your machine? Can you do the same thing with only 14 characters?
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