CHMOD(1)

NAME
chmod - Change the mode of each FILE to MODE. With --reference, change the mode of each FILE to that of RFILE.

SYNOPSIS
chmod [--help] [-c|--changes] [-f|--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [--no-preserve-root] [--preserve-root] [-R|--recursive] [--reference] [-H ] [-L ] [-P ] [--dereference] [-h|--no-dereference] [-V|--version] [MODE] [FILE]

DESCRIPTION
Change the mode of each FILE to MODE. With --reference, change the mode of each FILE to that of RFILE.

OPTIONS

--help
    Print help information.

-c, --changes
    like verbose but report only when a change is made

-f, --quiet
    suppress most error messages

-v, --verbose
    output a diagnostic for every file processed

--no-preserve-root
    do not treat '/' specially (the default)

--preserve-root
    fail to operate recursively on '/'

-R, --recursive
    change files and directories recursively

--reference
    use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values

-H  if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it

-L  traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered

-P  do not traverse any symbolic links (default)

--dereference
    affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself

-h, --no-dereference
    affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)

-V, --version
    Print version

[MODE]

[FILE]

EXTRA
## Examples 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|--recursive]}} g+w,o+w {{path/to/directory}} Recursively give [a]ll users [r]ead permissions to files. Also give e[X]ecute permissions to files that have at least one execution permission and to all sub-directories: chmod {{[-R|--recursive]}} a+rX {{path/to/directory}} > The examples are provided by the [tldr-pages project](https://tldr.sh) under the [CC BY 4.0 License](https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr/blob/main/LICENSE.md). > > Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.

VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0