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Alternatives to popular CLI tools: chmod

This article spotlights alternative tools to chmod, software that changes file mode bits.

Man page for chmod

The software featured here is free and open source. All tools provide a command-line interface (CLI) unless otherwise stated.

Alternatives to chmod
chmod-cliEffortlessly generate chmod commands
setfaclSet 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.
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