Change only file permissions in a folder NOT RECURSIVELLY

Question

I have a lot of files in one specific folder, and I want to change the permissions only for files and only in this folder (not subfolders), how can I achieve this? Thanks in advance.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · edited May 24 '18 at 13:21

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find your_folder -type f -exec chmod your_permissions {} \;

This command changes the permissions only for regular files in the selected folder (replace "your_folder" and "your_permissions" with the appropriate values).

If you only want to change the permissions for files in your_folder itself and not in its subfolders you can add -maxdepth:

find your_folder -maxdepth 1 -type f -exec chmod your_permissions {} \;

edited May 24 '18 at 13:21

muru

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answered May 24 '18 at 13:03

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what means "{} " at the end? – lpFranz May 24 '18 at 13:04
Ok you beat me to it :) have an upvote. – Videonauth May 24 '18 at 13:04
@lpFranz {} stands for what find has found. – muclux May 24 '18 at 13:05
@lpFranz {} tells find to insert the find results into the formula, the \ in front of the semicolon is just an escape character. – Videonauth May 24 '18 at 13:06
chmod g+r *.* -> The "*.*" do the same thing? I've received this tip. – lpFranz May 24 '18 at 13:06
. designates the current directory, not the files in it. – muclux May 24 '18 at 13:07
Please please please! *.* is just calling for trouble this matches all and everything even the parent directory in some cases. – Videonauth May 24 '18 at 13:12
This command is setting permissions for all files recursivelly, this is not what I need, I need to set permissions only for files nested in root folder. – lpFranz May 24 '18 at 13:14
I just edited my answer. – muclux May 24 '18 at 13:15

Change only file permissions in a folder NOT RECURSIVELLY

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