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at August 25, 2013 09:01 by nkm
Initial Code 
# This command will recursively search your current directory and chmod all directories & sub-directories only:
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

# The following command will chmod all files only (ignoring the directories):
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;
Initial URL 
http://randomtechsolutions.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/recursively-change-file-permissions-on-folders-only-linuxunix/
Initial Description 
Problem

You want to recursively change all of the file permissions only on folders & subfolders in a directory, but not the files (or vice-versa: you want to change the permissions on files only, not folders).
Initial Title 
Recursively Change File Permissions on Files/Folders Only [*nix]
Initial Tags 
file
Initial Language 
Bash