On 30 Nov 2015 10:37, 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.
the xargs usage seems pointless/wasteful to me. just do:
find -type f -exec chmod 644 {} +
-mike
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