Re: chmod -R +x for directories only

Bruce Stephens wrote:

Yep, that'll do.  Or, in zsh:

	chmod 711 **/*(/)
or
	for i in **/*(/)
        chmod 711 $i
or
        for i in ${(f)"$(find . -type d)"}
        chmod 711 $i

or, if you have a file produced by "find . -type d > directories" you can do things
like
        chmod 711 ${(f)"$(<directories)"}

All of which (well - not sure how the last one is handled internally) will fail when you have a large number of matches and the resulting list is longer than the maximum length of a command line.

"xargs" comes with "find" for a good reason - to overcome this issue of maximum command line length.


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