Find tricksEdit

find files with these exact permissions

find . -perm 755

# find files with any executable bit set (note the minus sign)
find . -perm -111

# rid yourself of annoyances
find . -name .DS_Store
find . -name .DS_Store -exec rm {} \;

# but not directories
find . -perm -111 -and -not -type d

# fix PNG files with executable bits set on them
find . -perm -111 -and -name '*.png'
find . -perm -111 -and -name '*.png' -exec chmod 644 {} \;

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