.TH MEX 1df "September 2016" "Manual page for mex"
.SH NAME
.B mex
\- make first instance of filenames in $PATH executable
.SH USAGE
.B mex
name
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.B mex
name1 name2 name3
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PATH=/foo:/bar/baz
name
.SH DESCRIPTION
Iterate through the contents of the PATH variable looking for files with any of
the specified names that do not have the executable permissions bit set, and
try to set it if found. Exit nonzero if any of the names were not found, or if
any of the permissions changes failed.
.SH SEE ALSO
chmod(1), eds(1df)
.SH AUTHOR
Tom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>