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chmod

chmod verb: to change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file or directory).

Verb

chmod (third-person singular simple present chmods, present participle chmodding, simple past and past participle chmodded)

  1. (Unix, transitive) To change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file or directory).
    • Try this out by chmodding a directory 644!2010, Machtelt Garrels, Introduction to Linux (Third Edition) (page 93)

Forms of chmod

third-person singular presentchmods
present participlechmodding
past participlechmodded
pastchmodded

Origin of chmod

From the name of the program for this purpose, short for "change mode".

Questions about chmod

What does chmod mean?
Chmod means to change the access permissions and related special flags of (a file or directory).
What part of speech is chmod?
Chmod is a verb.
What is the past tense of chmod?
The past tense of chmod is chmodded.

Words near chmod in the dictionary

  1. chmn
  2. chmn.
  3. chmobik
  4. chmobiki
  5. chmobiks
  6. chmod
  7. chmodded
  8. chmodding
  9. chmods
  10. Chmura
  11. Chmuras

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