#!/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). 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-][rwxsS-][rwx-][rwx-][rwxsS-][rwx-][rwx-][rwxtT-]) ;; *) echo "$0: invalid mode string: $rwx" 1>&2; exit 1;; esac # Perform these conversions: # S s # s xs # T t # t xt # The `T' and `t' ones are only valid for `other'. s='s/S/@/;s/s/x@/;s/@/s/' t='s/T/@/;s/t/x@/;s/@/t/' u=`echo $rwx|sed 's/^.\(...\).*/,u=\1/;s/-//g;s/^,u=$//;'$s` g=`echo $rwx|sed 's/^....\(...\).*/,g=\1/;s/-//g;s/^,g=$//;'$s` o=`echo $rwx|sed 's/^.......\(...\).*/,o=\1/;s/-//g;s/^,o=$//;'$s';'$t` echo "=$u$g$o" exit 0