Give everyone read access to a directory tree

Recursively grants read to all users, plus execute on directories and on files that are already executable.

chmod -R a+rX path

Edit the highlighted values, then copy. They are inserted as typed, without shell escaping.

Tool

chmod

Category

Linux

Platforms

linux, macos

Tags

• permissions
• files

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