Enable write permission for directory in Linux

Question

I keep trying to move files from a directory on Linux- but I keep getting permission errors.

Initially I was told

sudo chmod -R r+w /directory/*

But this only applies it to the directory folder (and not the files inside)

Answer 1

Trick is- you need to "select all" to apply the file permissions to:

sudo chmod -R a+rwx,go-w /directory/

And that's it

Answer 2

Or you could do sudo chmod 777 /dir/ and that's just a simple way to do the answer stated above.