Copy File Permissions to Another File
To copy file permissions from one file to another file, use chmod command with the switch--reference in the following syntax, where reference_file is the file from which permissions will be copied rather than specifying the mode (i.e octal or numerical mode permissions) for the file.
$ chmod --reference=reference_file file
To copy ownership from another file, use the chown command with the switch--reference as well using the following syntax, where reference_file is the file from which owner and group will be copied rather than specifying owner: group values for the file.
$ chown --reference=reference_file file
To copy file permissions and ownership from one file to multiple files as shown.
$ sudo chmod --reference=users.list users1.list users2.list users3.list $ sudo chown --reference=users.list users1.list users2.list users3.list
