Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings (opens in new tab)

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helb7y ago· 1 in thread

I've never felt the need for chmod UI, especially with ZSH's Tab completion (https://asciinema.org/a/249373), but… well, why not.

How does it handle multiple files?

edit: oh

    $ remod tmp/*
    Unexpected arguments!

skainswooOP7y ago

Hi @helb, author here. ZSH's tab completion looks awesome! I'm not a ZSH user so I wasn't aware of that but I'm happy something similar exists in that ecosystem.

Re multiple files: I've thought about this a little, but I'm not sure how the UI would best represent the (potentially conflicting) permissions of multiple files. Open to suggestions however! In those situations I personally use remod to remind myself of the proper chmod command, and then copy-paste-run the chmod command with whatever edits are necessary.

stephenr7y ago

Really? What is hard about “u=rw;g=r;o=“ etc - literally no calculations involved.

This “reinvent things that already work fine but in javascript” is getting old.

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