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find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

It seems that it find stuffs whose type is file and then exec chmod

What does and and ; is for?

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find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

It seems that it find stuffs whose type is file and then exec chmod

What does and and ; is for?

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Understanding the -exec option of `find`

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find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

It seems that it find stuffs whose type is file and then exec chmod

What does and and ; is for?

edited Sep 13 at 9:20

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This question already has an answer here:

Understanding the -exec option of `find`

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find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

It seems that it find stuffs whose type is file and then exec chmod

What does and and ; is for?

This question already has an answer here:

Understanding the -exec option of `find`

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simply means the file returned by find, while ; it's the terminator.

Please keep in mind that ; means "execute the command for each file returned by find".

In your case

find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

means "execute chmod 664 on each file found under /path/to/wordpress.

For example, if you have

/path/to/wordpress/file1
/path/to/wordpress/file2
/path/to/wordpress/file3

the result is equivalento to call chmod three times:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file2
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file3

You can also terminate the command with +, which passes every file found as arguments for the command.

With the example above, find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 + is equivalent to a single chmod:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1 /path/to/wordpress/file2 /path/to/wordpress/file3

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

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I see and doing it with ; means doing it 3 times
â€“Â J. Chang
Sep 13 at 9:16

@J.Chang well, it meas do it for each file, it's 3 times because there are 3 files in the example. If there are 1000 files, it will do it 1000 times ;)
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Sep 13 at 9:26

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simply means the file returned by find, while ; it's the terminator.

Please keep in mind that ; means "execute the command for each file returned by find".

In your case

find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

means "execute chmod 664 on each file found under /path/to/wordpress.

For example, if you have

/path/to/wordpress/file1
/path/to/wordpress/file2
/path/to/wordpress/file3

the result is equivalento to call chmod three times:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file2
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file3

You can also terminate the command with +, which passes every file found as arguments for the command.

With the example above, find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 + is equivalent to a single chmod:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1 /path/to/wordpress/file2 /path/to/wordpress/file3

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

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I see and doing it with ; means doing it 3 times
â€“Â J. Chang
Sep 13 at 9:16

@J.Chang well, it meas do it for each file, it's 3 times because there are 3 files in the example. If there are 1000 files, it will do it 1000 times ;)
â€“Â Mr Shunz
Sep 13 at 9:26

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up vote
3
down vote

simply means the file returned by find, while ; it's the terminator.

Please keep in mind that ; means "execute the command for each file returned by find".

In your case

find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

means "execute chmod 664 on each file found under /path/to/wordpress.

For example, if you have

/path/to/wordpress/file1
/path/to/wordpress/file2
/path/to/wordpress/file3

the result is equivalento to call chmod three times:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file2
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file3

You can also terminate the command with +, which passes every file found as arguments for the command.

With the example above, find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 + is equivalent to a single chmod:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1 /path/to/wordpress/file2 /path/to/wordpress/file3

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

2,65811720

I see and doing it with ; means doing it 3 times
â€“Â J. Chang
Sep 13 at 9:16

@J.Chang well, it meas do it for each file, it's 3 times because there are 3 files in the example. If there are 1000 files, it will do it 1000 times ;)
â€“Â Mr Shunz
Sep 13 at 9:26

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
3
down vote

simply means the file returned by find, while ; it's the terminator.

Please keep in mind that ; means "execute the command for each file returned by find".

In your case

find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

means "execute chmod 664 on each file found under /path/to/wordpress.

For example, if you have

/path/to/wordpress/file1
/path/to/wordpress/file2
/path/to/wordpress/file3

the result is equivalento to call chmod three times:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file2
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file3

You can also terminate the command with +, which passes every file found as arguments for the command.

With the example above, find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 + is equivalent to a single chmod:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1 /path/to/wordpress/file2 /path/to/wordpress/file3

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

2,65811720

simply means the file returned by find, while ; it's the terminator.

Please keep in mind that ; means "execute the command for each file returned by find".

In your case

find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 ;

means "execute chmod 664 on each file found under /path/to/wordpress.

For example, if you have

/path/to/wordpress/file1
/path/to/wordpress/file2
/path/to/wordpress/file3

the result is equivalento to call chmod three times:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file2
chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file3

You can also terminate the command with +, which passes every file found as arguments for the command.

With the example above, find /path/to/wordpress -type f -exec chmod 664 + is equivalent to a single chmod:

chmod 664 /path/to/wordpress/file1 /path/to/wordpress/file2 /path/to/wordpress/file3

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

2,65811720

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

2,65811720

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

2,65811720

answered Sep 13 at 9:13

Mr Shunz

2,65811720

I see and doing it with ; means doing it 3 times
â€“Â J. Chang
Sep 13 at 9:16

@J.Chang well, it meas do it for each file, it's 3 times because there are 3 files in the example. If there are 1000 files, it will do it 1000 times ;)
â€“Â Mr Shunz
Sep 13 at 9:26

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I see and doing it with ; means doing it 3 times
â€“Â J. Chang
Sep 13 at 9:16

@J.Chang well, it meas do it for each file, it's 3 times because there are 3 files in the example. If there are 1000 files, it will do it 1000 times ;)
â€“Â Mr Shunz
Sep 13 at 9:26

I see and doing it with ; means doing it 3 times
â€“Â J. Chang
Sep 13 at 9:16

@J.Chang well, it meas do it for each file, it's 3 times because there are 3 files in the example. If there are 1000 files, it will do it 1000 times ;)
â€“Â Mr Shunz
Sep 13 at 9:26

add a commentÂ |Â

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