This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.
The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.
| Alternatives to chmod | |
|---|---|
| chmod-cli | Effortlessly generate chmod commands |
| rwx | TUI file permissions and ownership manager |
| setfacl | Set file access control lists |
- The mkdir command has an option to set the permissions when its being created.
- The install command also has an option to set the permissions for files being created.
Are we missing any open source alternatives to chmod? Please share.
All the CLI tools in this series.
| Alternatives to CLI tools |
|---|
| age // awk // bc // cal // cat // cd // chmod // cksum // cloc // cmp // compress // cp // cron // curl // cut // date // dd // df // diff // dig // du // fdisk // file // find // free // ftp // grep // gzip // hexdump // history // jq // kill // less // locate // ls // lsof // make // man // more // mv / ping // ps // psql // rename // rm // sed // split // ssh // stow // strings // sudo // sysctl // tail // talk // tar // telnet // time // top // touch // traceroute // tree // uname // uniq // uptime // vi // watch // Wget // who // whois // xargs |
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