Re: [newbie] Chmod chown and files with spaces in their names..

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    franki> When it runs, it errors on alot of directorys because some of
    franki> the old web sites have spaces in their directory or file names..

Franki,

Try using the printf action of the find command to quote the file names:

    find . -type d -printf "'%p'\n" | xargs chmod 755
    find . -type f -printf "'%p'\n" | xargs chmod 644

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