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Unix: Is there a way to “copy” file or directory permissions?

I have two files in a directory. One has correct permissions and the other has not. Is there a way I can “copy” the set of permissions from one file to another?

Solution:

The GNU version of the chmod utility can copy the mode from one file (RFile) to another (file).

chmod --reference=RFile file

GNU coreutils is found in most Linux distributions and Cygwin, among other places.  Not all chmod implementations provide this option.

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