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Explanation of *nix directory permission bits, with mnemonic devices

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Mode	`cd`	`ls`	`ls -l`	`cat`	`touch`
`---` 0
`--x` 1	x			x
`-w-` 2
`-wx` 3	x			x	x
`r--` 4		x
`r-x` 5	x	x	x	x
`rw-` 6		x
`rwx` 7	x	x	x	x	x

r lets you *read* the directory listing (ls)
r with x lets you *read* an *extended* directory listing (ls -l)
w alone is *worthless*
w with x lets you *write* to files (touch)
x lets you *examine* file contents (cat) and *exist* in the directory (cd)

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