#!/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); }