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chmod 775 (rwxrwxr-x)

The owner and group have full access, and others can read and run. The default for new directories when the umask is 002.

chmod 775 in symbolic form
rwxrwxr-x

Who can do what

ReadWriteExecute
Owner✓✓✓
Group✓✓✓
Others✓–✓

Commands

Set the mode
chmod 775 my-dir
# same thing in symbolic form:
chmod u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rx my-dir

In ls -l output, a file with this mode shows as -rwxrwxr-x and a directory as drwxrwxr-x.

Try a different mode

ReadWriteExecuteSpecial
Owner
Group
Others
Octal Symbolic
Command