Recursive Chmod Tricks

by damonp on June 27, 2007

Recursively chmod only directories

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Similarly, recursively set the execute bit on every directory

chmod -R a+X *

The +X flag sets the execute bit on directories only

Recursively chmod only files

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

Recursively chmod only PHP files (with extension .php)

find . -type f -name '*.php' -exec chmod 644 {} \;

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