On Mon, Dec 01, 2008, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I want to change the permissions on directories, recursively to: > > drwxr-xr-x > > but keep the files within the directory tree as: > > -rw-r--r-- > > But I can't find an option for chmod to only affect directories. I > suppose it won't hurt (in this case) to set the x for the files, but I > want some consistancy. find . -type d | xargs chmod 755 Or if the directories may have whitespace find . -type d -print0 | xargs -0 chmod 755 Bill -- INTERNET: bill at celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Property must be secured, or liberty cannot exist. -- John Adams