chmod 777 or 755? Learn to use chmod Command with Examples

chmod 777I'm trying to change the permissions of temp_dir to 777. Why are these commands not accomplishing that? I'm using Linux by the way.chmod 777 -R .* ..[!.]* Bash has this command. shopt -s dotglob to also include hidden files in commands (shopt -u dotglob to disable that behaviour) if you want to stick to