chgrp (1)

NAME

chgrp - change the file group ownership

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each file operand to the group ID specified by the group operand. If the option -R was used, the chgrp utility changes the file group ownership of directory trees.

OPTIONS

-R

Recursively change file group IDs.

-h

If a file is of type symbolic link, the chgrp utility tries to change the ownership of the link.

-H

If the -R option is specified and a symbolic link referencing a directory is specified on the command line, chgrp changes the group ID of the directory referenced by the symbolic link and all files in the file hierarchy below it.

-L

If the -R option is specified and a symbolic link referencing a directory is specified on the command line or encountered during traversal of a file hierarchy, chgrp changes the group ID of the directory referenced by the symbolic link and all files in the file hierarchy below it.

-P

If the -R option is specified and a symbolic link referencing a directory is specified on the command line or encountered during traversal of a file hierarchy, chgrp changes the group ID of the symbolic link.

OPERANDS

The following operands are supported:

group

A group ID to be assigned to file.

file

A pathname of a file whose user ID is to be modified.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2021 Benjamin Stürz
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software; you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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