2/09/2012

Restore file permissions

I didn't test it but it must work for owners and owner groups too. Something like:

2/07/2012

Find a directory by name in linux

-type d == directory
-name '.svn' == all directories named .svn
-ls == converts unusual characters to C style escape sequences

To delete the list of directories returned by the above command execute xargs builds and executes command lines from standard input
/bin/rm -dr == remove command with the directory and recursive flags

2/01/2012

Group Sticky bit

To ensure that the group owner of existing and new files stays the same set the group sticky bit like so: