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How can I chmod a series of directories to 777 and all files inside these directories to 666 with out having to do it manually for files in each directory..They are too many directories.
I need all directories to have 777 permissions and all files inside every directory have permisions of 666
I know if I d #chmod -R 777 /test this will take care of changing permissions of all directories to 777 but then how can I change the files inside them to 666 without having to do it in each directory.
Is there an easy way to do this...Just remember, there are alot of directoties and sub directories with alot files in them.
The find commands here look resp. for directories and files (-type) under the current directory (.) and execute a command for it (chmod). The {} is just a placeholder for a match.
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