change permitions in user home

[Doug Pollard]

Verde Denim wrote:
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> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net 
> <mailto:dougpol1 at verizon.net>> wrote:
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>     Raphael Yves Sabbat wrote:
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>     > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Doug Pollard
>     <dougpol1 at verizon.net <mailto:dougpol1 at verizon.net>
>     > <mailto:dougpol1 at verizon.net <mailto:dougpol1 at verizon.net>>> wrote:
>     >
>     >     I need to change permissions on some of my user files.   I
>     have the
>     >     command but i need to know how to apply it to an individual
>     file.
>     >      Do I
>     >     click on the file and then put in the command.   That dosn't
>     seem to
>     >     work.  Been reading all morning can find ways to change all
>     the files
>     >     but not to single out an individual file.  I have files that
>     everybody
>     >     can write to ,read and exicute and I want to change just those
>     >     files so
>     >     that I as the owner of them can write to them.
>     >                Thanks Doug
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>     > You can do it in the terminal, the command would look like this:
>     > sudo chmod 755 /path/of/your/file.extension
>     >
>     > Assuming 755 is what you want
>     >
>      Does the arbitrary number 755 that you used represent a file number?
>     How do I find this number.        Thanks Doug
>
>
> Doug
> 755 is the permission for the file - translating into rwxr-xr-x
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OK, I am trying  to change the permissions of maybe 30 out of a hundred 
files.  How do  I designate which files to change. I don't want to 
change them all.  If I put in 755 will it change all the files that 
don't meet that criteria or standard. Is that the way it works? 
                                                                thanks 
Doug