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Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:01:13 -0600
From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net>
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On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 11:33:14PM +0000, Vince wrote:
> or just
> find /path/to/dirs -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
> should do it.

Fair enough; I generally prefer the xargs method in case I have to do any more
processing later. Also, xargs' batching may potentially save you a bit of
time, but I doubt that'd be noticable.

Thanks,

Josh
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