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Change all files and folders permissions of a directory to 644/755

How would I change all files to 644 and all folders to 755 using chmod from the linux command prompt? (Terminal)

Solution

  • One approach could be using find:

    for directories

    find /desired_location -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0755

    for files

    find /desired_location -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 0644