Is it possible to create a script to save and restore permissions?

Question

I am using a linux system and need to experiment with some permissions on a set of nested files and directories. I wonder if there is not some way to save the permissions for t

Answer 1

save: find . -type f |xargs ls -la| awk '{print "chmod "$1" "$NF}'>./filesPermissions.sh

restore: sh ./filesPermissions.sh