Greetings:


I would like to create a BASH script that is able to drill down through a
directory and its subdirectories, identify all the files that are binary
and perform a chmod on them on the fly.

I think the file command is what I need to use to identify the binary
files, what I am not sure about is how to drill down the directory
structure and supply the listing of each directory to the file command for
for processing.


Thanks - Jim

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We can simulate binary executable files using find + file command as,

 
 for file in `find / -type f -name "*"`
 do

    if [[ $(file $file | grep -q 'executable') -eq 0 ]]
    then

      # File is executable
      chmod <mod> $file

   fi

 done

 If you want combine few pattern with executable then add as,
 
 $(file $file | grep -q 'executable' | grep -q 'ELF') -eq 0

 there.


HTH.

Regards
Muthukumar

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