Question

I am need to remove x permission recursively (chmod -R…) from all files inside a directory, but all sub directorates should retain x permission.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can use something like this:

find /your/directory -type f -print0 | xargs -0 chmod -x

-type f will only list files, not directories. The -print0 and -0 are to make things work if you have strange filenames (e.g. with spaces in them).