{"id":1350,"date":"2018-06-09T23:26:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T23:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/joshkunken.com\/blog\/?p=1350"},"modified":"2019-09-09T23:28:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T23:28:38","slug":"the-tantalizing-simplicity-of-octal-notation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joshkunken.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/09\/the-tantalizing-simplicity-of-octal-notation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tantalizing Simplicity of Octal Notation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/C4D12AQGjGRUXAezSwg\/article-inline_image-shrink_1500_2232\/0?e=1573689600&amp;v=beta&amp;t=Y0V_xkbuSiAOkIzsLbL6tWqdgDRw72-Wns2KpLsArDA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Octal notation<\/strong>\u00a0is a method for representing permissions within Unix and Unix-like systems (think Linux). 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