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HQ · 09-26-2002, 06:58 AM

Why does this command NOT work?

chmod -R 755 *.cgi
chmod: getting attributes of `*.cgi': No such file or directory

I want to recursively change every .cgi file to 755. Is there no way to do a wildcard and recurse at the same time with chmod?

09-26-2002, 06:58 AM
HQ Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 3,539	*chmod -R 755 .cgi** Why does this command NOT work? chmod -R 755 .cgi chmod: getting attributes of `.cgi': No such file or directory I want to recursively change every .cgi file to 755. Is there no way to do a wildcard and recurse at the same time with chmod?