# Chmod only files

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**Category:** Linux - General\
**Created:** [December 30, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/chmod-only-files/333 "2008-12-30T18:29:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 30, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.thehomestack.io/t/chmod-only-files/333/1 "2008-12-30T18:29:36Z")

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Similarly, the following will chmod all files only (and ignore the directories):

```auto
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

```