chmod

program to change access permissions of a file or folder
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chmod

Summary

chmod is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. chmod ranks in the top 2% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (320 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • chmod's image is recorded as Chmod-GNU.png[3].
  • chmod's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[4].
  • chmod's Commons category is recorded as Chmod[5].
  • +1971-11-03T00:00:00Z marks the founding of chmod[6].
  • chmod's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dcw5[7].
  • chmod's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/chmod.html[8].
  • chmod's described at URL is recorded as http://www.maizure.org/projects/decoded-gnu-coreutils/chmod.html[9].
  • chmod's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[10].
  • chmod's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[11].
  • chmod's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[12].
  • chmod's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[13].
  • chmod's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[14].
  • chmod's has command line option is recorded as R[15].

Why It Matters

chmod ranks in the top 2% of standard_unix_utility_or_command entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (320 views/month).[2] chmod has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). chmod. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chmod
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chmod_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{chmod}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chmod}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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