chmod

Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chmod>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/chmod.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/chmod
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/chmod chmod powered by Commando

Change the access permissions of a file or directory. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chmod>.

  • Give the [u]ser who owns a file the right to e[x]ecute it:
    chmod u+x path/to/file
  • Give the [u]ser rights to [r]ead and [w]rite to a file/directory:
    chmod u+rw path/to/file_or_directory
  • Remove e[x]ecutable rights from the [g]roup:
    chmod g-x path/to/file
  • Give [a]ll users rights to [r]ead and e[x]ecute:
    chmod a+rx path/to/file
  • Give [o]thers (not in the file owner's group) the same rights as the [g]roup:
    chmod o=g path/to/file
  • Remove all rights from [o]thers:
    chmod o= path/to/file
  • Change permissions recursively giving [g]roup and [o]thers the ability to [w]rite:
    chmod -R g+w,o+w path/to/directory
  • Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files and e[X]ecute permissions to sub-directories within a directory:
    chmod -R a+rX path/to/directory

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