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title: Bash chmod
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## Bash command: chmod
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**Change the permissions of a File/Directory**, for example `chmod u+x hello.py`. (Gives the user the permission to execute the file)
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### Usage
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**Change the permissions of a File/Directory**
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```bash
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chmod [permission] [file_names]
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```
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permission can be r+w or r+w+x ...etc
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* r = read
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* w = write
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* x = execute
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### More Information:
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* [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod)
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