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Parse UNIX file permissions

Given a UNIX/Linux file permission string in octal or textual format, this operation explains which permissions are granted to which user groups. Input should be in either octal (e.g. 755) or textual (e.g. drwxr-xr-x) format. Parse UNIX file permissions lives in the Utils category of the fx menu.

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
Inputstringyes—Value to transform. Previous step output or a literal.

Input is the primary value (previous step output or a literal).

TypeDescription
stringResult of the Parse UNIX file permissions transformation.
Run Parse UNIX file permissions

Given a UNIX/Linux file permission string in octal or textual format, this operation explains which permissions are granted to which user groups. Adjust optional parameters when the defaults do not match your payload.

  1. Set Input to the value to transform (previous step output or a literal).

  2. Confirm Output value shows the transformed result.