
Show HN: Remod, like chmod but for human beings - skainswoo
https://github.com/samuela/remod
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stephenr
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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helb
I've never felt the need for chmod UI, especially with ZSH's Tab completion
([https://asciinema.org/a/249373](https://asciinema.org/a/249373)), but… well,
why not.

How does it handle multiple files?

edit: oh

    
    
        $ remod tmp/*
        Unexpected arguments!

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skainswoo
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.

