For it's usage, consult it's manual page with the...
$ man chmod
command....
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The typical way to view file permissions is to use the 'ls'
command with the long listing options enabled, For example, to see
the file permissions for everything in the current directory,
type:
ls -lsa
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chmod
but only if you are root, or logged in as the user and group
shown when you do