chmod
Unix-like operating system command
In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, chmod is the command and system call used to change the access permissions and the special mode flags of file system objects. Collectively these were originally called its modes, and the name chmod was... Wikipedia
Example: chmod 644 file
Syntax: chmod -Rcvf MODE,MODE... FILE...
Function: Change the file mode bits of each given file according to mode
Developer(s): Various open-source and commercial developers
Initial release: 3 November 1971; 52 years ago
License: coreutils: GPLv3; Plan 9: MIT License