title: Why doesn't chmod -R +x *.sh work?
body: <p>So, "chmod -R +x *.sh" does not work in bash. Alternatives can be found <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4249878/how-do-i-change-file-permission-to-a-certain-file-pattern-to-sub-folders-of-my-c">here</a>. My question is: why doesn't it work? Does chmod simply lack this feature because nobody bothered to implement it or is there some deeper bash/gnulib philosophy to this?</p>