chmod(1) General Commands Manual chmod(1) NAME chmod - Change the mode of each FILE to MODE. With --reference, change the mode of each FILE to that of RFILE. SYNOPSIS chmod [-c|--changes] [-f|--quiet] [-v|--verbose] [--no-preserve-root] [--preserve-root] [-R|--recursive] [--reference] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [MODE] [FILE] DESCRIPTION Change the mode of each FILE to MODE. With --reference, change the mode of each FILE to that of RFILE. OPTIONS -c, --changes like verbose but report only when a change is made -f, --quiet suppress most error messages -v, --verbose output a diagnostic for every file processed --no-preserve-root do not treat '/' specially (the default) --preserve-root fail to operate recursively on '/' -R, --recursive change files and directories recursively --reference use RFILE's mode instead of MODE values -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version [MODE] [FILE] VERSION v0.0.26 chmod 0.0.26 chmod(1)