find

25 Practical examples of the find command

Leave a Comment / CLI / By sedlav / June 3, 2016

find is a utility that allows to search files (regular file, directory, symbolic link…) through a hierarchy of directories, it is powerful and feature-rich.

Using find, xargs, and chmod commands

Leave a Comment / CLI / By sedlav / March 28, 2016

chmod does not change the permissions to all directories in a single command line without affecting the permissions of files and vice versa. How can I do that?

You must combine: find, xargs and chmod, for example: