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[chmod] Run and understand. chmod command to execute shell script

created-2025/11/13 updated-2026/03/15

Introduction

This repository verifies the behavior when you run the chmod command to change the file permissions to 644.

The commands you need to install

  1. git

Quickstart

If you have already installed the above command, run the following command to download it from the repository, then move to the directory, run chmod to change the permissions, and run the shell script.

ubuntu

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/chmod_checkAuthority
cd chmod_checkAuthority
ls -l
cat ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
chmod 755 ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rwxr-xr-x 755
chmod -x ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rw-r--r-- 644
Output results
hello chmod command world
bash: ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh: Permission denied

macos

MacPorts

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/chmod_checkAuthority
cd chmod_checkAuthority
ls -l
cat ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
chmod 755 ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rwxr-xr-x 755
chmod -x ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rw-r--r-- 644
Output results
hello chmod command world
bash: ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh: Permission denied

windows

WSL2

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/chmod_checkAuthority
cd chmod_checkAuthority
ls -l
cat ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
chmod 755 ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rwxr-xr-x 755
chmod -x ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rw-r--r-- 644
Output results
hello chmod command world
bash: ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh: Permission denied

MSYS2 MINGW64

Not possible
Output results
Not possible

Procedure

ubuntu

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

git --version

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, please install it using the following command.

sudo apt install git

command

By executing the following shell script, you should get the following output:

git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/chmod_checkAuthority
cd chmod_checkAuthority
ls -l
cat ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
chmod 755 ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rwxr-xr-x 755
chmod -x ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rw-r--r-- 644
detail
hello chmod command world
bash: ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh: Permission denied

macos

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the terminal and if command not found does not appear, it is OK.

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git --version

*MacOS uses the MacPorts package manager to manage commands. If you haven’t installed it yet, please see the MacPorts installation instructions at the link below.

It also allows you to set aliases for commands so that you can call them without conflicting with existing environments.

If you are using this blog for the first time, please refer to the following two articles to set up your environment.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the terminal, install it using the following command and set an alias.

sudo port install git
echo 'alias git="/opt/local/bin/git"' >> ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias

command

By executing the following shell script, you should get the following output:

source ~/bashrc_folder/macports_alias
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/chmod_checkAuthority
cd chmod_checkAuthority
ls -l
cat ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
chmod 755 ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rwxr-xr-x 755
chmod -x ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rw-r--r-- 644
detail
hello chmod command world
bash: ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh: Permission denied

windows

Click to open details

Advance confirmation

Enter the following command into the prompt and if command not found does not appear, it’s OK.

WSL2
git --version
MSYS2 MINGW64
Not possible

*Windows has been confirmed to work with WSL2 and MSYS2 MINGW64. Please install WSL2 if possible, and if you are unable to set it up, you can run it by installing MSYS2, but there may be some commands that can only be run in WSL2. Please refer to the following article for instructions on how to install WSL2 and MSYS2.

preinstall

If the command not found appears in the prompt, please install it using the following command.

WSL2
sudo apt install git
MSYS2 MINGW64
Not possible

command

By executing the following shell script, you should get the following output:

WSL2
git clone https://github.com/trygfmi/chmod_checkAuthority
cd chmod_checkAuthority
ls -l
cat ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
chmod 755 ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rwxr-xr-x 755
chmod -x ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh
./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh #rw-r--r-- 644
detail
hello chmod command world
bash: ./start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh: Permission denied
MSYS2 MINGW64
Not possible
detail
Not possible

Afterword

If you convert the -rw-r–r– output from ls -l to numbers, rw- is 6, r– is 4, and r– is 4, then if you run chmod 644 start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh, the permissions mentioned above will be granted to start_chmod_checkAuthority.sh. It’s easier to understand if you think of r as 4, w as 2, and x as 1, and you need to add them all up. The first – indicates a file or directory, – indicates a file, and d indicates a directory.

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