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Correct octal permission terminology
mvanhorn Nov 5, 2026
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Use octal wording in README and store description
mvanhorn Nov 5, 2026
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ One-liners, AI tools, System information, System control, System Recovery, Users

#### Tips

Clear and reset the terminal, List of recent commands, Close a frozen window/application, Tab Completion, Temporary aliases, Permanent aliases, Chain commands, Command syntax, Cursor navigation, Redirection, Special characters in commands, View file permissions, Modify file permissions, Set file permissions via binary references, Running commands in the background, Scheduling tasks with cron
Clear and reset the terminal, List of recent commands, Close a frozen window/application, Tab Completion, Temporary aliases, Permanent aliases, Chain commands, Command syntax, Cursor navigation, Redirection, Special characters in commands, View file permissions, Modify file permissions, Set file permissions via octal notation, Running commands in the background, Scheduling tasks with cron

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Expand Up @@ -203,12 +203,12 @@ Permission types:

Operators for the modification command are **+** (plus) and **-** (minus).

## Set file permissions via binary references
## Set file permissions via octal notation
Example: Give the owner read and write permission, the group read permission and no permission to other.

```[chmod](/man/chmod) 640 test.txt```

The first number represents the **owner** permissions, the second the **group** permissions, and the last number the permissions for all other users. The numbers are a binary representation of the **rwx** string.
The first number represents the **owner** permissions, the second the **group** permissions, and the last number the permissions for all other users. Each octal digit is the sum of the enabled read (4), write (2), and execute (1) permission bits.

| Permission | Value |
|------------|--------|
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion fastlane/metadata/android/en-US/full_description.txt
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* Special characters in commands
* View file permissions
* Modify file permissions
* Set file permissions via binary references
* Set file permissions via octal notation
* Running commands in the background
* Scheduling tasks with cron