John Doe sent a missive on 2010-02-08: > From: adrian kok <adriankok2000 at yahoo.com.hk> >> I move a zip file from window to linux but all permission of folder >> and files are kept in 700 How can I change it one time? I don't need >> to change directory under directory to change as folder as 755 and >> files as 644 > > You could use find -type X (X = 'd' for directories and 'f' for files) Indeed, not forgetting that you can use -exec option with find to do the actuall change to the files/dirs I.e. for directories within the zip Bash# find ./ -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;