[solved] chmod and chown help?

[Minty_64]

hello fellow mint users!

I'm trying to change the properties of folders/files recursively threw a script using chmod and chown, I know that one can just right click -> properties -> permissions -> change things the way I want them then apply to enclosed files, but I want to be able to do so with a script without opening folders and properties all the time.
so far I have the fallowing script that does not work:

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#!/bin/bash

sudo chown username:groupname ~/filename -R && sudo chmod -x ~/filename -R 

read -p "finished"

my problem is that in my head that code should change the owner, the group, as well as make all the files none executable, but what I end up with is with wonky permissions with folder properties and files I cannot access.

anyway thanks in advance if you help me with this problem I'm having, I'm trying to optimise my time with scripts.

[1.618]

I think the problem might be you have placed the " -R " argument in the wrong place

see if this makes a difference

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#!/bin/bash

sudo chown -R username:groupname ~/filename  && sudo chmod -R -x ~/filename 

read -p "finished"

[Minty_64]

I think the problem might be you have placed the " -R " argument in the wrong place

see if this makes a difference

thank you for the quick reply
sadly nothing change with the change.
I seem to think something about chmod running on folders changes the owner -> folder access, to "list, create/delete, no access" as I omitted chmod from the script with a # and chown alone doesn't cause the error.

[niowluka]

You shouldn't remove x from a directory, as it makes its contents inaccessible. That's why your permissions look wonky.

Use a combination of find and chmod to remove x from files only instead, something like:

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find ~/filename -type f -exec chmod -x {} \;

[Habitual]

I think the problem might be you have placed the " -R "

Also "-R" is unnecessary on a single file.

[Minty_64]

You shouldn't remove x from a directory, as it makes its contents inaccessible. That's why your permissions look wonky.

Use a combination of find and chmod to remove x from files only instead, something like:

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find ~/filename -type f -exec chmod -x {} \;

thanks, this works!