I copied a large directory containing thousands of files and with many
sub-directories from a fat32 drive to a ReiserFS drive.  All the files
are now world executable.

Is there a way, using "chmod -R", to do a blanket removal of the
execute permission on normal files, while leaving the 'x' permission
on sub-directories?

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On 2006-09-14, Jim Showalter wrote:
> I copied a large directory containing thousands of files and with many
> sub-directories from a fat32 drive to a ReiserFS drive.  All the files
> are now world executable.
>
> Is there a way, using "chmod -R", to do a blanket removal of the
> execute permission on normal files, while leaving the 'x' permission
> on sub-directories?

chmod -R -- a-x *
find * -type d -exec chmod +x {} \;

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Jim Showalter wrote:
> I copied a large directory containing thousands of files and with many
> sub-directories from a fat32 drive to a ReiserFS drive.  All the files
> are now world executable.
>
> Is there a way, using "chmod -R", to do a blanket removal of the
> execute permission on normal files, while leaving the 'x' permission
> on sub-directories?
>

find ./ -type f | xargs chmod a-x

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Thanks Chris - thanks Hans!  I knew there'd be a way, but wasn't even aware
of the type command.

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