chmod

chmod [OPTIONS] [ARGS]

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

Options

--help, -h

Print help information

--version, -V

Print version information

--changes, -c

like verbose but report only when a change is made

--quiet, --silent, -f

suppress most error messages

--verbose, -v

output a diagnostic for every file processed

--no-preserve-root

do not treat '/' specially (the default)

--preserve-root

fail to operate recursively on '/'

--recursive, -R

change files and directories recursively

--reference

use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values