#!/bin/sh # Convert an ls-style permission string, like drwxr----x and -rw-r-x-wx # to the equivalent chmod --mode (-m) argument, (=,u=rwx,g=r,o=x and # =,u=rw,g=rx,o=wx). # FIXME: handle special bits, too. case $# in 1) rwx=$1;; *) echo "$0: wrong number of arguments" 1>&2 echo "Usage: $0 ls-style-mode-string" 1>&2 exit 1;; esac case $rwx in [ld-][rwx-][rwx-][rwxs-][rwx-][rwx-][rwxs-][rwx-][rwx-][rwxt-]) ;; *) echo "$0: invalid mode string: $rwx" 1>&2; exit 1;; esac u=`echo $rwx|sed 's/^.\(...\).*/,u=\1/;s/-//g;s/^,u=$//'` g=`echo $rwx|sed 's/^....\(...\).*/,g=\1/;s/-//g;s/^,g=$//'` o=`echo $rwx|sed 's/^.......\(...\).*/,o=\1/;s/-//g;s/^,o=$//'` echo "=$u$g$o" exit 0