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chgrp

Change group ownership of files

Syntax

chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...

Common Options

-RRecursive change
-vVerbose output
-cReport only changes
-hAffect symlinks themselves
--referenceUse reference file's group

Common Examples

chgrp developers file.txt

Change file group

chgrp -R developers project/

Recursive group change

chgrp --reference=ref.txt file.txt

Use reference file group

chgrp -v staff file.txt

Show change process

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