Paramater list too long while chmod

Codesearcher · #1 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009

Hi i am transferring the files(around 10000) from the Windows sever to the UNIX server in that i run a command chmod 777 filename.txt
but it is taking a longer time as it gives chmod for each and every file.
So i thouught of giving the permission from the UNIX itself and i tried running
chmod 777 filename.txt and it is throwing an error Parameter list is too long.
So i tried it with find . -name "filename*.txt" -exec chmod 777 {} \;

still i get the error parameter list is too long!
Any other options to avoid this error wud be highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

lathavim · #2 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009

See if this works. Make sure you are in the required directory.

Code:

 
ls filename*.txt | xargs chmod 777

quintet · #3 (**permalink**) 07-17-2009

I hope even

Code:

ls filename*.txt | xargs chmod 777

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