chmod command

Gopal Ghosh gopal016 at gmail.com
Fri Sep 19 06:43:00 UTC 2008


Dear Kae and Roger,

Thank u so much 4 ur help and support … J
Today I want to share some words with all those fellow Linux devotees…….

But, first let me introduce my self …..

My name is gopal ghosh and I live in new Delhi….
my parent wanted me to become a  Railway Ticket Checker at old Delhi railway
station… but
I want to become a computer wizard.. as pictures of computer systems
influenced me so much as a kid… that
Some times in my dreams even I designed few cool mouse and trackball
designs.

 and to fulfill my dreams I joined a local computer institute, but after 2
months they throw me out as my questions irritate them
in my view they are unable to satisfy my appetite to learn more…..

still today I feel the same appetite which drives me to learn new things

After this incident I strongly believe in self learning…..

now I am providing support for more than 1400 products from 32 principal
brands (www.adityagroup.com)

my reason for learning Linux is I want to provide tech support for Autodesk
smoke which runs on RHEL

so to learn Linux I am here on this fedora mailing list…….

I know what kind of information is mentioned in man pages to learn a command
FIRST I start with books with few switches and arguments

THEN I go to man pages to test some more switches and arguments , some times
I find it easy to ride through the man pages, but
sometimes I don't.

Each time I learn a new thing I found myself deeply in love with Linux
THANKS to Linux god who created such a nice thing which can perform so many
task in one command…

all that I mentioned here to emphasis the importance of a fair discussion
with out any altercation.

sometimes what I know is accurate for me and wrong for others but that
doesn't mean I fight with them to prove I am right.
i discuss the topic to update myself.
I appreciate ur efforts to help people like me and I also request u not to
involve in any kind of altercation.

 here I am submitting my information for CP , CHMOD and command redirection

*command output redirection to file**
**STDIN – 0
STDOUT – 1
STDERR – 2

*> redirect STDOUT to file
>> append STDOUT to pre existing file
2> redirect STDERR to file
2>> append STDERR to existing file

*command < file ** send file as input*

*/dev/null is black hole for data as all inputs are ignored*

* PIPES*

* comman1 *| *command2
*
STDOUT > STDIN

( )  combines STDOUT of multiple programs such as

*(cal2007 ; cal2008) | less*

*&2>&1 redirects STDERR to STDIN*

cat filename.txt
Hello, World!

cat < filename.txtx
Hello, World

 *ls **>** list.of.files *– redirect command output to this file



*ls **>>** list.of.files *- append output at the end of file

*command output redirection to another command*

* *

*ls **|** more *

* *

*ls **|** sort
*
*cp command**

*cp is a file & directory copy command

*cp file1 file2 dir*

for /gopal.nano

*cp /gopal.nano gopal2.nano /home*

*cp file1 file2 file3 file4 dir*
*
cp -a copies files and directories recurisvly
cp -p copies content along with permission and time stamp
cp -i interactive mode
cp -f force

**cp –api**
**chmod command*

change mode command

octal:                     0                              6
4                              0
binary: 000                         111                         111
111
symbolic:             sst                          rwx
rwx                        rwx

                                special                  user
group                    other
                                attributes

 chmod o=r archive.sh
chmod g= topsecret.inf
chmod og=rw publicity.html
chmod ug=o

chmod g=u info.dat

rwx r-x r-- info.sh

111 101 100
7   5   4

*r--         100/4
rw-       110/6
rwx       111/7

-w-        010/2
-wx       011/3

--x        001/1*

*chmod 444 gopal.nano*

chmod [OPTION]... MODE[,MODE]... FILE...

chmod [OPTION]... OCTAL-MODE FILE...
chmod [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...


And finally HOPE u people don't mind me for repeating my questions again


** how to search for a group of files using wildcard and copy the result
content and redirecting it to a dir

** how to use chmod command (in octal mode) for n number of files present in
a
directory

Thanks
Regards

On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Roger Millington <
roger.millington at tesco.net> wrote:

>
>
> Kae Verens wrote:
> > Roger Millington wrote:
> >> man chmod
> >>
> >
> > that's a bit harsh, Roger! It's possible that maybe Gopal does not
> > understand the man pages.
>
> There is no indication that Gopal has read the 'man' pages or even
> understands that they exist. I would expect that my response(s) will
> invite Gopal's curiosity and that he will investigate this mysterious
> 'man' command.
>
> The alternative is for someone to spend 20 minutes making precis of the
> relevant 'man' pages and posting them.
>
> Roger
>
>
> >
> > example:
> > chmod 750 filename1 filename2
> > first digit is user
> > second digit is group
> > third digit is everyone (world)
> > 7 = allow file owner to read, write, execute
> > 5 = allow members of file's group to read and execute
> > 0 = do not let anyone else use the file
> >
> > the numbers are calculated by adding these up
> > 4 = allowed to read
> > 2 = allowed to write
> > 1 = allowed to execute.
> > so 750 = (4+2+1)(4+1)(0)
> >
> > kae
> >
> >> Gopal Ghosh wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>> how to use chmod command (in octal mode) for n number of files
> >>> present in a
> >>> directory
> >>> Thanks
> >>> regards
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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