The string "drwxrwxr-x" represents a directory's permissions in a Unix-like operating system. The first character 'd' indicates it's a directory, while the following characters denote permissions for three categories: the owner (rwx), the group (rwx), and others (r-x). Here, the owner and group have read, write, and execute permissions, while others have read and execute permissions but cannot write. This notation is commonly seen when listing directory contents with commands like ls -l
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