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Count the number of subdirectories without the execute bit

How can I count the number of subdirectories that don't have the execute bit set?

This is my attempt but is there a better or more elegant way?

count=0; for d in */; do [[ -d $d && ! -x $d ]] && (( ++count )); done
printf %s\\n "$count"

My main interest is in checking if the execute bit is not set for all. That is not just for the current user.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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The following counts directories without executable bit for current user:

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d '!' -executable -printf . | wc -c

The following counts directories that have 0 executable bits:

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d '!' -perm /111 -printf . | wc -c

The following counts directories that have 2 or less executable bits set:

find . -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d '!' -perm -111 -printf . | wc -c

Parts from man find:

   -perm /mode                                                                                                                         
          Any  of  the permission bits mode are set for the file.

  -perm -mode
          All  of the permission bits mode are set for the file.

   -executable                                                                                                                         
          Matches files which are executable and directories which are
          searchable (in a file name resolution sense) by the  current
          user.
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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This oneliner should do. Add a | wc -l at the end if you want to just count the number:

ls | while read dir; do stat --printf="%A %n\n" "$dir"  | grep '^d' | grep -v '^d..x......' | grep -v '^d.....x...' | grep -v '^d........x'; done

And the result:

/tmp % mkdir b
/tmp % mkdir c
/tmp % chmod 600 a
/tmp % chmod 060 a
/tmp % chmod 600 a
/tmp % chmod 060 b
/tmp % chmod 006 c
/tmp % ls | while read dir; do stat --printf="%A %n\n" "$dir"  | grep '^d' | grep -v '^d..x......' | grep -v '^d.....x...' | grep -v '^d........x'; done
drw------- a
d---rw---- b
d------rw- c
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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