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 5.2 Symbolic Modes
 ==================
 
 "Symbolic modes" represent changes to files' permissions as operations
 on single-character symbols.  They allow you to modify either all or
 selected parts of files' permissions, optionally based on their previous
 values, and perhaps on the current 'umask' as well (Umask and
 Protection).
 
    The format of symbolic modes is:
 
      [ugoa...][+-=]PERMS...[,...]
 
 where PERMS is either zero or more letters from the set 'rwxXst', or a
 single letter from the set 'ugo'.
 
    The following sections describe the operators and other details of
 symbolic modes.
 

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· Setting Permissions          Basic operations on permissions.
· Copying Permissions          Copying existing permissions.
· Changing Special Permissions Special permissions.
· Conditional Executability    Conditionally affecting executability.
· Multiple Changes             Making multiple changes.
· Umask and Protection              The effect of the umask.
 

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