Give permission reference to file/dir from other file/dir in linux

In this post we will learn to give permission reference to file/dir from other file/dir in linux. For example you have any file and directory and you want to give permission exactly same to other file and directory.

Use the given below syntax:

chmod --reference source-file-dir to target-file-dir

eg.

chmod --reference testfile sharad_testfile

for more understanding see the given below screenshot

cmd-reference

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