Name
umask
Synopsis
[
umask
options
] [nnn
]
Display file creation mask or set file creation mask to octal value nnn. The file creation mask determines which permission bits are turned off (e.g., umask 002 produces rw-rw-r--
).
Options
-
-p
Display mask within a umask command so that a caller can read and execute it.
-
-S
Display umask symbolically rather than in octal.
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