chgrp linux command
Changes group ownership of a file or files.
Change the group of each FILE to GROUP. With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.
chgrp syntax
Options
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R option is also specified. If more than one of these options is specified, only the final one takes effect:
chgrp examples
chgrp hope file.txt
Change the owning group of the file file.txt to the group named hope.
chgrp -hR staff /office/files
Change the owning group of /office/files, and all subdirectories, to the group staff.
Change the group of each FILE to GROUP. With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.
chgrp syntax
chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE... chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
Options
-c,
--changes
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Like
verbose but report only when a change is made.
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-f,
--silent, --quiet
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Suppress
most error messages.
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-v,
--verbose
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Output
a diagnostic for every file processed.
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--dereference
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Affect
the referenced file of each symbolic link, rather than the symbolic link itself,
which is default setting.
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-h,
--no-dereference
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Affect
symbolic links instead of any referenced file. This option is useful only on
systems that can change the ownership of a symlink.
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--no-preserve-root
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Do
not treat '/' in any special way. This option is the default.
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--preserve-root
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Do
not operate recursively on '/'.
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--reference=RFILE
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Use
RFILE's group rather than specifying a GROUP value.
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-R,
--recursive
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Operate
on files and directories recursively.
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The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R option is also specified. If more than one of these options is specified, only the final one takes effect:
-H
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If
a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it.
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-L
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Traverse
every symbolic link to a directory.
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-P
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Do
not traverse any symbolic links. This option is the default.
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--help
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Display
a help message and exit.
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--version
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Output
version information and exit.
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chgrp examples
chgrp hope file.txt
Change the owning group of the file file.txt to the group named hope.
chgrp -hR staff /office/files
Change the owning group of /office/files, and all subdirectories, to the group staff.
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