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chmod

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Change the access permissions of a file or directory.

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Options (1)

-R, --recursiveboolean

Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite

Example: chmod {{[-R|--recursive]}} g+w,o+w {{path/to/directory}}

Examples (8)

Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it

chmod u+x path/to/file

Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory

chmod u+rw path/to/file_or_directory

Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup

chmod g-x path/to/file

Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute

chmod a+rx path/to/file

Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup

chmod o=g path/to/file

Remove all rights from [o]thers

chmod o= path/to/file

Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite

chmod [-R|--recursive] g+w,o+w path/to/directory

Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files. Also give e[X]ecute permissions to files that have at least one execution permission and to all sub-directories

chmod [-R|--recursive] a+rX path/to/directory

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