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chmod

program to change access permissions of a file or folder
Creative Work Standard Unix Utility or Command Q310986

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
standard UNIX utility or command
Inception
November 3, 1971[2]
Has command line option
R[8]
Reads environment variable
LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, NLSPATH[3][4][5][6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en chmod cs Unix - příkaz Chmod hi सीएच मोड
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chmod-GNU.png ↗
Described at URL
pubs.opengroup.org, www.maizure.org
Freebase ID
/m/0dcw5

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Summary

chmod is a standard UNIX utility or command[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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