On 30/11/15 17:37, Eric Blake wrote: > On 11/28/2015 11:34 PM, Assaf Gordon wrote: >> On 11/29/2015 12:16 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: >> >>>> I must collate some gotchas like this. >>> >>> Initial list started at: >>> http://www.pixelbeat.org/docs/coreutils-gotchas.html >>> >> >> Fantastic list! > > Agreed. > > On the chmod entry, it might also be worth mentioning that: > > chmod -R a-x,a+X > > works to remove execute permissions on regular files but not > directories, without needing a 'find'/'xargs' pair.
I added that for completeness. BTW this list has gone viral... $ grep -F coreutils-gotchas.html access_log | wc -l 20986 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10648255 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3uogjv/gnu_coreutils_gotchas/ Though now has dropped off those main pages cheers, Pádraig
