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Filipe Pacheco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 21,416 PointsPermissions for multiples files
Once I came across a situation where I needed to change the file permissions for all the files inside a directory. I used a software that helped me doing that. Is that possible to do it through the terminal?
1 Answer
Joel Bardsley
31,246 PointsHi Filipe, if you want to target just files (not folders) in a certain directory and change the chmod to 644 for example, you can do:
find /path/to/your/folder -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
Alternatively, if for some reason you want all files and all subdirectories to be chmod 755 for example, this would work:
chmod 755 -R /path/to/your/folder
Filipe Pacheco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 21,416 PointsFilipe Pacheco
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 21,416 PointsThank you, Joel.