find [base directory] -type [f|d] -exec chmod [perm] {} \;

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;
use File::Find;

my %opts = (
	verbose => '', 
	directory => './', 
	filemode => '', 
	dirmode => ''
);

if(!GetOptions('verbose' => \$opts{'verbose'},
					'filemode:s' => \$opts{'filemode'},
					'dirmode:s' => \$opts{'dirmode'})) {
	usagedie();
}
#make sure each argument passed is either a file or directory
foreach (@ARGV) {
	usagedie() if (!-f || !-d);
}
#we need to perform at least one option
usagedie() if (!$opts{'filemode'} && !$opts{'dirmode'});

#use default directory if argument not set on command line
find(\&fileop, $opts{'directory'}) unless @ARGV;
find(\&fileop, @ARGV) if @ARGV;

sub fileop {
	#set the right permissions based on if a file or a directory
	#only set permissions of the mode is set
	chmod oct($opts{'filemode'}), $_ if -f && $opts{'filemode'};
	chmod oct($opts{'dirmode'}), $_ if -d && $opts{'dirmode'};
	print $File::Find::name . "\n" if $opts{'verbose'} && (-f || -d);
}

sub usagedie {
	print "Usage: setperm.pl [-v] [-f perm] [-d perm] [Directory]\n";
	print "-v, --verbose\t show files changed by script\n";
	print "-f, --filemode\t octal mode to change files to\n";
	print "-d, --dirmode\t octal mode to change directories to\n";
	exit(0);
}

##</code><code>##

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Getopt::Long;
use File::Find;

my %opts = (
	verbose => '', 
	filemode => '', 
	dirmode => ''
);

if (!GetOptions(\%opts, 'verbose', 'filemode:s', 'dirmode:s')) {
	usagedie();
}
#make sure each argument passed is either a file or directory
foreach (@ARGV) {
	usagedie() if (!-f && !-d);
}
#we need to perform at least one option
usagedie() if (!$opts{'filemode'} && !$opts{'dirmode'});
#make sure correct octal values were used
$opts{'filemode'} = chkperm('File', $opts{'filemode'});
$opts{'dirmode'} = chkperm('Directory', $opts{'dirmode'});

#use default directory if argument not set on command line
find(\&fileop, @ARGV ? @ARGV : './');

sub fileop {
	#set the right permissions based on if a file or a directory
	#only set permissions if the mode is set
	if (-f && $opts{'filemode'}) {
		chmod $opts{'filemode'}, $_;
	}
	elsif (-d && $opts{'dirmode'}) {
		chmod $opts{'dirmode'}, $_;
	}
	else {
		#dont print if we didnt modify file perms
		return;
	}
	print $File::Find::name . "\n" if $opts{'verbose'};
}
sub chkperm {
	my ($type, $perm) = @_;
	#zero length strings are defined values
	#our $perm 's by default are set to ''
	if ($perm) {
		return ($perm =~ /^[0-7]{4}$/) 
			? oct($perm) 
			: die "Incorrect $type mode $perm\n";
	}
	return;
}
sub usagedie {
	print "Usage: setperm.pl [-v] [-f perm] [-d perm] [Directory]\n";
	print "-v, --verbose\t show files changed by script\n";
	print "-f, --filemode\t octal mode to change files to\n";
	print "-d, --dirmode\t octal mode to change directories to\n";
	exit(1);
}