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chattr

Protect Files from Deletion in Linux

5 ‘chattr’ Commands to Make Important Files IMMUTABLE (Unchangeable) in Linux

chattr (Change Attribute) is a command line Linux utility that is used to set/unset certain attributes to a file in

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