On Mon, 25 Sep 1995, Calvin wrote:

> chmod perms .*

I always do
   chmod perms .??*

Though this will miss things such as ".a" and ".x", I think it is the
right way to get anything that is longer.  It does not change perms on
".."

> Also, be careful with setting anything on ".*" (e.g., chown...)

Good warning.  Has caused more than a few problems for sysadm-types.

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