Set recursively default directories (755) & files (644) privileges. Usage: fix_privileges.sh $path

fix_privileges.sh

#!/bin/bash

die () {
    echo >&2 "$@"
    exit 1
}

[ "$#" -eq 1 ] || die "ERROR: path argument is required, $# provided"

if [[ ! -d "$1" ]]; then
   echo "ERROR: specified path is not a valid directory"
   exit 1
fi

# To change all the directories to 755 (drwxr-xr-x):
find $1 -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

# To change all the files to 644 (-rw-r--r--):
find $1 -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;