Reference: umask
Author: Daniel Gilly & the Staff of O'Reilly & Associates
Date: 1998-08-06T21:55:53Z

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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## umask

    umask [value]

Print the current value of the file creation mode mask, or set it to `value`, a three-digit octal code specifying the read-write-execute permissions to be turned off. This is the opposite of chmod. Usually used in .login or .profile. umask is available as a built-in command in the Bourne and C shells (see Sections 4 and 5).

umask Number | File Permission | Directory Permission
--- | --- | ---
0 | `rw-` | `rwx`
1 | `rw-` | `rw-`
2 | `r--` | `r-x`
3 | `r--` | `r--`
4 | `-w-` | `-wx`
5 | `-w-` | `-w-`
6 | `--` | `-x`
7 | `--` | `--`

### Examples

Turn off write permission for others:

>     umask 002	Produces file permission -rw-rw-r-

Turn off all permissions for group and others:

>     umask 077	Produces file permission -rw----

Note that you can omit leading zeroes.

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