See http://orgmode.org/manual/tangle_002dmode.html#tangle_002dmode It should do what you need. On Friday, July 29, 2016, Xebar Saram wrote: > Hi all > > i have officaly moved over to manage all my dotfiles with orgmode based on > this excellent post: > https://expoundite.net/guides/dotfile-management > > one thing im missing is how to make some of these tangled sh files > executable after i tangle them (like running chmod +x). > > any ideas? > > best > > Z > > > -- John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu