Recursively chmod directories only

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Recursively chmod directories only
June 19th, 2006

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

This will recursively search your directory tree (starting at dir ‘dot’) and chmod 755 all directories only.

Similarly, the following will chmod all files only (and ignore the directories):

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;


source: http://movabletripe.com/archive/recursively-chmod-directories-only/ At this source, there is discussion and additional find commands from responders.