Rusty,
You got it!!! Now, what does "xargs: unmatched single quote" mean?
That's what it's telling me when I use your method. Am I missing
something from your line?
find /the/directory/in/question -type f | xargs chmod 644
Seve
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On 1/4/01, 8:59:52 AM, Rusty Carruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question:
> Sevatio Octavio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Thank you for understanding the objective. Wouldn't it be nice to have
> > the 'elegant' solution when dealing with a large directory tree?
> >
> > Seve
> well, the elegant solution is:
> find /the/directory/in/question -type f | xargs chmod 644
> This will find and change all (changable) files in all directories
> starting at /the/directory/in/question and below.
> there you go...
> rc
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