Can't think of anything.  I also use letters with chmod and with umask, too:

$ umask  -S
u=rwx,g=rx,o=rx

Regards,
- Robert

On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Scott Kokotovitch
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Are there systems where chmod doesn't accept the letters instead of
> octal? (like chmod a+rwx filename) I only use octal if I'm pasting
> something in from an instruction, am I missing out on something
> useful?

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