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Can anyone please tell how can I change files/directories owned by me only.
below is the command that list out files/directories owned by me
find . -user <username>
Ahmad
Posted 2014-02-12T15:36:42.453
Reputation: 199
list out owned file/directories and change its permissions
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find . -user olduser -exec chown newuser:newuser -- {} . \;
You may need to switch to root user or use sudo before chown
Bruno9779
Posted 2014-02-12T15:36:42.453
Reputation: 1 225
Too many args to exec? What is the purpose of the dot? – Mad Physicist – 2014-02-12T16:19:48.107
Now that you mention it, I have always used it, but it works without... – Bruno9779 – 2014-02-14T15:59:12.223
The dot does something you may not intend since it changes the owner of the current directory every time. – Mad Physicist – 2014-02-14T20:04:15.770