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Recursively Change File Permissions on Files/Folders Only [*nix]

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You want to recursively change all of the file permissions only on folders & subfolders in a directory, but not the files (or vice-versa: you want to change the permissions on files only, not folders).

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  1. # This command will recursively search your current directory and chmod all directories & sub-directories only:
  2. find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;
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  4. # The following command will chmod all files only (ignoring the directories):
  5. find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

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