How to change permissions of specific file extensions in Linux

Posted: October, 22 2008

Change specific file extensions in Linux, there are many ways to do this although some work better than others

Try this (where .xls is the extension):

1) In current working directory:
find . -type f -name "*.xls" | xargs chmod 755

2) Or specify from the root dir:
find /path/to/that/dir -type f -name "*.xls" | xargs chmod 755

chmod Permissions chart

More Information A great how to for Linux File and Folder permissions

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