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I am getting Linux Training and came across one question that I am unable to find answer of:

What does the . mean in chmod command? Eg: chmod 777 .

ilkkachu
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  • Welcome to U&L! This is an excellent question for someone new to UNIX/Linux. Thanks for asking, and I hope we can provide helpful information. – 0xSheepdog Mar 21 '19 at 20:39
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    Also related: [Why was '.' chosen to represent the current directory and '..' for parent directory?](https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/61984/237982) – jesse_b Mar 21 '19 at 20:44

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. represents the current directory. Your mentioned command will give full permissions to everyone on your current directory. Similarly .. represents the parent directory (one directory up from the current). You can see these files by using ls -a

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