How to recursively change permissions on all directories inside current directory

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How can I change folder and file permissions for all files and folders recursively inside current directory? I am not sure, why, but my command fails with this

output: chmod: missing operand after '644./components/path/path/path'

My command is:

find . * -type d -exec chmod 755{} \;

As user pdo pointed, I want change folder permissions to 755-

Best Answer

You're missing a space after 644.

Also, 644 is probably not what you want on a directory. You probably want 755.

Edit to include answer from comments below:

For directories:

find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

For files:

find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

There's very likely other ways (maybe shorter) to do this, but this will work.

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