Snipplr comments feed https://ipv6.snipplr.com/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:09:54 +0000 https://ipv6.snipplr.com/view/42216/chmod-files-recursively-to-644 <p>You can try directly this: find . -type f -exec chmod 644 '{}' \;</p> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 03:44:16 UTC https://ipv6.snipplr.com/view/42216/chmod-files-recursively-to-644 https://ipv6.snipplr.com/view/42216/chmod-files-recursively-to-644 <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 06:48:05 UTC https://ipv6.snipplr.com/view/42216/chmod-files-recursively-to-644