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* Other default permissions are 600 or 644
* For executable files, the equivalent settings would be 700 and 755
 
;umask
* While creating a file or directory, by default a set of permissions are applied.
* These default permissions are viewed by umask command.
* For safety reasons all Unix systems doesn't provide execution permission to newly created files.
* The 'mkdir -m' command can be used to set the mode.
 
mkdir -m 777 dir1
mkdir -m 000 dir2
 
* Preserves the permissions and time stamps from source file:
cp -p list dupli.txt
 
== Commands ==