chmod / chown wrapper

chmow

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Installation:
#   Copy chmow to some directory in your path, like /usr/local/bin
#   cd <directory_above>
#   chmod 0755 chmow
#   ln -s chmow chmod
#   ln -s chmow chown

set -e -u

progname=$( basename ${0} )
cmdline=${@}

for word in ${cmdline}; do
	if [[ ${word} =~ [0-7]{3,4} ]]; then
		progname=chmod
		break
	elif [[ ${word} =~ [0-9a-f]*:[0-9a-f]* ]]; then
		progname=chown
		break
	elif [[ ${word} =~ .*/.* ]]; then
		break
	fi
done

/bin/${progname} ${cmdline}