Working with File Permissions
As you have seen in examples throughout the book, UNIX treats all directories as files; they have their own size (independent of their contents), their own permissions strings, and more. As a result, unless it's an important difference, from here on I talk about files with the intention of referring to files and directories both. Logic will confirm whether commands can apply to both, or to files only, or to directories only. (For example, you can't edit a directory and you can't store files inside other files.)
Task 5.1: Understanding File Permissions Settings
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