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//Following command will set the permission for all directories only:
find . -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \;

//Following command will set the permission for all files only:
find . -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \;

//To only apply chmod to files with names matching a specified pattern:
find . -type f -name '*.htm*' -exec chmod 644 {} \;

//To restrict to an owner you can also do:
find . -type d -user fileowner -exec chmod 0755 {} \;

//Changing files of only a specific type/extension is:
find ./ -name *.pdf -exec chmod 755 {} \;

Change directories command
For relatives path:

cd ../relative/path/directory/file

For absolute paths:

cd /absolute/path/directory/file

Go to home directry from any location: cd~

Listing
To list files of a direcroty
For relatives path:

ls ../relative/path/directory/file

For absolute paths:

ls /absolute/path/directory/file

Options:
-l for list
-A show hidden files

Show current directory

pwd

Copy files from one location to another

cp /files/to/copy /directory/to/copy/to/  

Finding help:

cp --help

for detailed help type man

man mysqldump

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