{"id":360,"date":"2020-09-22T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T08:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpproonline.com\/?p=360"},"modified":"2026-02-26T10:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T10:47:50","slug":"bulk-linux-chmod-commands-for-files-directories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digitalhubz.com\/blog\/bulk-linux-chmod-commands-for-files-directories\/","title":{"rendered":"BULK LINUX CHMOD COMMANDS FOR FILES &#038; DIRECTORIES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently in Ubuntu which I use for my hosting operating system of choice I needed to bulk change permissions on a bunch of folders and files. 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