chmod - change access mode of one or more files

Usage:
chmod [options] <octal-mode> <file>

octal-mode should be bitwise OR of the following octal values:

octal value access description
4000 setuid bit run the program file as the user ID of the file's owner
2000 setgid bit run the program file as the group ID of the file's group
400 owner read access
200 owner write access
100 owner execute access
40 group read access
20 group write access
10 group execute access
4 others read access
2 others write access
1 others execute access

Example

sxx
sudo chmod 755 /bin/cp.x

755: allow owner to read, write and execute, group to read and execute and others to read and execute.

Options

long option short option description
‑‑help ‑h Print help and exit.

Implementation

Reference