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

I borrow this answer from roaima's post.
I think this should be the best answer:
Save the permissions

find * -depth -exec stat --format '%a %u %g %n' {} + >/tmp/save-the-list

Restore the permissions

while read PERMS OWNER GROUP FILE
do
    chmod "$PERMS" "$FILE"
    chown "${OWNER}:${GROUP}" "$FILE"
done