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Good point. It's just a lazy habit on my laptop I guess.

• Saavedro 16y ago
  Use +w +x +r (Writable/Exec/Readable by user) and -w -x -r instead of octal. It's shorter and more secure! (You can also prefix with u a or g, e.g. chmod a+x, for user, all, and group, respectively.)
  • dhimes 16y ago
    Why is it more secure? Because it is less error prone?
  • Gonsalu 16y ago
    Don't forget 'o', for others! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod