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The <code>chmod</code> command allows you to change file permissions. The simple way to use it is to specify which permissions you wish to add or remove to which type of user. To do this, you specify the list of users (<code>u</code> for the owner, <code>g</code> for the group, <code>o</code> for other users, <code>a</code> for all), followed by a <code>+</code> to add permissions or <code>-</code> to remove permissions, which is then followed by a list of permissions to modify (<code>r</code> for read, <code>w</code> for write, <code>x</code> for execute). Non-specified permissions are not affected. Here are a few examples:
The <code>chmod</code> command allows you to change file permissions. The simple way to use it is to specify which permissions you wish to add or remove to which type of user. To do this, you specify the list of users (<code>u</code> for the owner, <code>g</code> for the group, <code>o</code> for other users, <code>a</code> for all three), followed by a <code>+</code> to add permissions or <code>-</code> to remove permissions, which is then followed by a list of permissions to modify (<code>r</code> for read, <code>w</code> for write, <code>x</code> for execute). Non-specified permissions are not affected. Here are a few examples:


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