In *nix land, your file permissions are based on your umask.

Having said that, you cannot set a umask in a way that will toggle the x flag. I like the .bashrc solution since you mentioned that you are using bash as your shell.

Note: It's not a failing of umask to not let you default to +x on a file. That's a GoodThing(tm). Having +x by default is a BadThing(tm). But if you just want a shortcut to editing perl and adding the +x, then the alias is your best bet.

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In reply to Re: perl file permissions by KurtSchwind
in thread perl file permissions by BadMagic

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