On 10Jul2007 18:35, John Pierce <john.j35@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does anyone know of a bash script that will recurse through a series > of directories and strip the executable bit from the files in those > directories and not the directories. Sounds like homework to me. 1: You don't need bash. Any Bourne shell will be fine. 2: A trivial use of find(1) and chmod(1) will do this. Go read "man find". It's a one line script. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The street finds its own uses for things. - William Gibson
