So you can use `stat -c %a $path` to get the octal spec for use with `chmod`:
# stat -c %a /tmp 1777 # stat -c %a / 755
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So you can use `stat -c %a $path` to get the octal spec for use with `chmod`:
# stat -c %a /tmp 1777 # stat -c %a / 755