Display permissions string formatted like "drwxr-xr-x" in number format (i.e. 755).
Run the following command to download the file:
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/leothelocust/PermissionsConverter/master/permcon.sh
Make it globally accessable:
mv permcon.sh /usr/local/bin/permcon
Make it executable:
sudo chmod +x permcon
Paste the following into command line:
permcon drwxr-xr-x
# or
permcon -rw-r--r--
The output is as follows:
Directory
755
# or
File
644
That's all folks!
If you discover a problem please create an issue ticket and I'll do my best fix it.