--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+# harshperm traverses directory trees and sets the permissions to a restricted
+# value (rwx------ for directories and rw------- for files).
+
+declare -a args=("$@")
+
+if [ -z "${args[*]}" ]; then
+ echo "no arguments provided."
+ exit 1;
+fi
+
+for (( i=0; i < ${#args[*]}; i++ )); do
+ current="${args[i]}"
+# echo "curr is $current"
+
+ find -L "$current" -type d -exec chmod 700 {} ';'
+# >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+ find -L "$current" -type f -exec chmod 600 {} ';'
+# >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+done