chgrp — change group ownership
chgrp
[OPTION
...] GROUP
FILE
...
chgrp
[OPTION
...] −−reference
=RFILE
FILE
...
Change the group of each FILE to GROUP. With −−reference
, change the group of
each FILE to that of RFILE.
−c
, −−changes
like verbose but report only when a change is made
−−dereference
affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
−h
, −−no−dereference
affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)
−−no−preserve−root
do not treat `/' specially (the default)
−−preserve−root
fail to operate recursively on `/'
−f
, −−silent
, −−quiet
suppress most error messages
−−reference
=RFILE
use RFILE's group rather than specifying a GROUP value
−R
, −−recursive
operate on files and directories recursively
−v
, −−verbose
output a diagnostic for every file processed
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed
when the −R
option is also
specified. If more than one is specified, only the final one
takes effect.
−H
if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it
−L
traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
−P
do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
−−help
display this help and exit
−−version
output version information and exit
chgrp staff /u
Change the group of /u to "staff".
chgrp −hR
staff /u
Change the group of /u and subfiles to "staff".
The full documentation for chgrp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chgrp programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info chgrp
should give you access to the complete manual.
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