Date: Fri, 10 May 1996 15:16:15 +0200 (GMT) From: Robin Lunn <robin@is.co.za> To: mac@nibsc.ac.uk Cc: robin@is.co.za, garth@dogbert.systems.sa.gov.au, questions@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: running gag: chmod -R .\* Message-ID: <199605101316.PAA00755@admin.is.co.za> In-Reply-To: <199605101301.OAA17256@chalsig.nibsc.ac.uk> from "mac@nibsc.ac.uk" at May 10, 96 02:01:38 pm
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mac@nibsc.ac.uk wrote:
> >find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} \;
> >
> >This finds all files and ignores directories like .. and such. It doesn't
> >depend on any shell either.
>
> [Misses device specials etc. maybe a good thing, but we're here for the total
> solution]
Just add a "-a type X" where X is the type you also want changed. The find
command is really not that hard. `man find`
If you only want to miss directories then:
find . '!' -type d -exec chmod 644 {} \;
> Which all brings me to my final thought. Given that '-R' is smart about .files
> in subdirectories listed on the command line, we can use this:-
>
> chmod -R 0644 .
>
> as a replacement for the otherwise excellent ls -A | xargs chmod
That changes directory permissions... Directories with 644 permissions aren't
that popular, but thats a matter of taste.
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