#!/bin/sh
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# Script:   getperms
# Usage : ./getperms /var       or  ./getperms   to list current directory permissions.   
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## getperms :: Shows permission in both format: numeric and alphabetical format:  by: Raj D. 


getperm () {
find $dir -exec ls -ld {} + | grep -v total |awk '{print $1" " $9}' |while read PERM FILE
do
NPERM=$(echo $PERM | sed 'y/rwx/421/' | echo $(fold -w 1) | awk '{U=$2+$3+$4;G=$5+$6+$7;O=$8+$9+$10}{print U G O}')
echo "$NPERM $PERM $FILE"
done ; }

[ -d $1 ] && (echo "OK" ; dir=$1 ; getperm )  || (echo "$1 Not FOUND!! exiting!!.." ; exit 0 )
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Example/ output:

# ./getperms /etc
OK
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc/initramfs-tools
644 -rw-r--r-- /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d
644 -rw-r--r-- /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
644 -rw-r--r-- /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf
644 -rw-r--r-- /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc/initramfs-tools/hooks
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/init-bottom
755 drwxr-xr-x /etc/initramfs-tools/scripts/local-top
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