i want to set sticky bit for all directories in a directory excluding files. is there any wild card to do this?
#sudo chmod g+s /var/www/<WILD_CARD_FOR_ALL_DIRECTORIES> 
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Use */ to match only directories.
chmod g+s /var/www/*/ To match all directories and subdirectories use **/*/ (provided you have globstar enabled in bash):
shopt -s globstar chmod g+s /var/www/**/*/ 
- 3Works well, but will break as soon the expanded command line length exceeds the command line length limit. -> cyberciti.biz/faq/argument-list-too-long-error-solutionBonsi Scott– Bonsi Scott2013-01-04 09:22:37 +00:00Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 9:22
- 1yes, I am well aware of that. However, the OP asked for a "wildcard".dogbane– dogbane2013-01-04 09:32:26 +00:00Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 9:32
- yeah! i asked for wildcard, thanq.Necktwi– Necktwi2013-01-05 06:21:09 +00:00Commented Jan 5, 2013 at 6:21
- 1i know that he asked for a wildcard-solution. I've only pointed out that it would fail under some circumstance. Other that that, no critc to see here (I#ve commented yet upvoted, because it is a working solution for most cases) ^^Bonsi Scott– Bonsi Scott2013-01-07 18:24:39 +00:00Commented Jan 7, 2013 at 18:24
you can use find , see below example
find /var/www/ -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \; 
- 3This is nice, yet not a wildcard though - but it has the advantage on not failing due to much directoriesBonsi Scott– Bonsi Scott2013-01-04 09:19:37 +00:00Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 9:19
- Note that this is recursive by default. If you only want your command applied to the top level you can use the
-maxdepthfindargument.Kris Harper– Kris Harper2013-01-04 14:16:39 +00:00Commented Jan 4, 2013 at 14:16
This is NOT a wildcard, so I apologize for a non-answer, however...
ls -al |grep ^d | awk '{print$NF}' will list all directories in the current dir, it's up to you to decide if you want to process . and .. or strip them.
echo $(ls -al |grep ^d | awk '{print$NF}') does makes it behave like a wildcard
- This will break if your files have leading or trailing whitespace, or newlines.Chris Down– Chris Down2013-02-26 08:30:12 +00:00Commented Feb 26, 2013 at 8:30