Hi!!
U can use find with -type and -exec options. But u will have to use
find twice once for directories, and once for files.
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
This is for directories
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
for files
Hope this resolves ur problem.
Dwivedi Ajay kumar wrote:
> hi all,
> I have got a dircetory with all its subdirs and files in the mode
> 700. I wish to change the mode of all the directories to 755 and files
> in them to 644. Is there a way it can be done easily? chmod does not seem
> to distinguish between dir and files.
>
> Moreover is there a cool way to change the mode of all files
> starting with "." ? ".*" seems to match even ".." and during a recursive
> chmod changes the modes in even the parent directory.
>
> Bye... and thanks in advance.
> --
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>
> Ajay kumar Dwivedi
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