Snipplr comments feed https://snipplr.com/ Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:04:52 +0000 https://snipplr.com/view/42215/chmod-directories-recursively-to-755 <p>find . -type d -exec chmod 755 '{}' \;</p> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:45:06 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/42215/chmod-directories-recursively-to-755 https://snipplr.com/view/42215/chmod-directories-recursively-to-755 <p>That would work unless there are some really wacky filenames. That's the main reason I'm using the -print0 pattern. See this URL for more info: http://www.gnu.org/software/findutils/manual/html_node/find_html/Problems-with-_002dexec-and-filenames.html</p> Thu, 24 May 2012 06:48:15 UTC https://snipplr.com/view/42215/chmod-directories-recursively-to-755