Unix Super Tip: How to CHMOD all your files recursively

Cyber Valdez — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:09:09 +0000

Problem: How do I set permissions to my files and/or directories without manually setting them up individually?

Note: You may need administrator privileges for these to work, if that’s the case simply add a sudo before typing the commands below.

If you want to chmod all your directories:

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

and for files:

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

That’s it!

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Unix Super Tip: Easy Access to your files and directories by creating symbolic links(shortcuts)

Cyber Valdez — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:36:15 +0000

The directory structure of Mac and Linux(both are UNIX) tends to get really _really_ long. But don’t worry, by using the ln -s, or Symbolic Link command in the terminal(unix shell), creating “shortcuts” to your folders or files is now a breeze.

ln -s
Here’s an example:
ln -s /Library/Python/2.5/ /shortcuts/PYTHON

The effect: cd /shortcuts/PYTHON is now the same as cd /Library/Python/2.5/, removing a shortcut is similar to removing a file: rm /shortcuts/PYTHON… that’s it!

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Unix Super Tip: How to CHMOD all your files recursively

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