Chmod 777 to a folder and all contents [duplicate]

chmod 777chmod 777 -R .* ..[!.]* Bash has this command. shopt -s dotglob to also include hidden files in commands (shopt -u dotglob to disable that behaviour) if you want to stick tochmod(string $filename , int $permissions ): bool Attempts to change the mode of the specified file to that given in permissions.