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chgrp

This command is used to change the group ownership of a file or files. The form of the command is: chgrp <options> <group> <files>. The <group> will be assigned to the <files> that are specified. As usual wild cards are permitted, allowing multiple files to be specified. Several useful options are:


\begin{hanging} \item{-c} describe only the files who's ownerships have actually... ...b-directories changing group permission on the appropriate files. \end{hanging}

Example:

chgrp -R dwarf /home/dwarf

Will change all of the files in all of the directories below /home/dwarf to belong to the group dwarf.

See also: chmod, chown


Dale Scheetz