Summary of umask permissions

Octal number     Access permissions given

      0          rwx   read, write and execute
      1          rw-   read and write
      2          r-x   read and execute
      3          r--   read only
      4          -wx   write and execute
      5          -w-   write only
      6          --x   execute only
      7          ---   no permissions

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