script that prints file permissions recursively

show_perms.sh (text/plain), 276 bytes, created by Zac Medico on 2005-08-07 16:07:45 UTC

#!/bin/bash

show_perms() {
	if [ "$#" -ne 1 -o ! -e "$1" ]; then
		echo "usage: $0 <filename>" 1>&2
		exit 1
	fi
	local canonical="$(readlink -f "$1")"
	if [ "${canonical}" != "/" ]; then
		show_perms "$(dirname "${canonical}")"
	fi
	ls -ld "${canonical}"
}

show_perms "$@"