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recursively-change-directory-and-file-permissions	cli	public	2021-07-26 07:37:38 -0700	2021-07-26 07:37:38 -0700	false	20210726143738				false	false		chmod find permission recursive	Recursively Change Directory and File Permissions	tech-note

If you've messed up the permissions in a directory, you can recursively fix it with find.

# Operate on directories:
find <path> -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

# Operate on files:
find <path> -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;