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About umask
Get or set the file mode creation mask.
Syntax
umask [-S] [000] [mask]
| -S |
Produce symbolic output.
The default output style is unspecified, but will be recognized on a subsequent invocation of umask on the same
system as a mask operand to restore the previous file mode creation mask.
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| 000 |
Any three octal digits used for
permissions. |
Examples
umask
Running umask alone will display the current umask
environment settings.
umask 000
The above example allows any permissions. This does
not actually set permissions just allows permissions to be set.
Related commands
chmod
csh
ksh
sh
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