i want to set sticky bit for all directories in a directory excluding files. is there any wild card to do this?
#sudo chmod g+s /var/www/<WILD_CARD_FOR_ALL_DIRECTORIES>
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Use */ to match only directories.
chmod g+s /var/www/*/
To match all directories and subdirectories use **/*/ (provided you have globstar enabled in bash):
shopt -s globstar
chmod g+s /var/www/**/*/
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2Works well, but will break as soon the expanded command line length exceeds the command line length limit. -> cyberciti.biz/faq/argument-list-too-long-error-solution Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 9:22
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1yes, I am well aware of that. However, the OP asked for a "wildcard".– dogbaneCommented Jan 4, 2013 at 9:32
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i know that he asked for a wildcard-solution. I've only pointed out that it would fail under some circumstance. Other that that, no critc to see here (I#ve commented yet upvoted, because it is a working solution for most cases) ^^ Commented Jan 7, 2013 at 18:24
you can use find , see below example
find /var/www/ -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
answered Jan 4, 2013 at 9:08
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3This is nice, yet not a wildcard though - but it has the advantage on not failing due to much directories Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 9:19
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Note that this is recursive by default. If you only want your command applied to the top level you can use the
-maxdepthfindargument. Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 14:16
This is NOT a wildcard, so I apologize for a non-answer, however...
ls -al |grep ^d | awk '{print$NF}' will list all directories in the current dir, it's up to you to decide if you want to process . and .. or strip them.
echo $(ls -al |grep ^d | awk '{print$NF}') does makes it behave like a wildcard
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This will break if your files have leading or trailing whitespace, or newlines. Commented Feb 26, 2013 at 8:30