Name
chgrp - change group ownershipSynopsis
chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
Description
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 thefinal 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
Examples
- chgrp staff /u
- Change the group of /u to "staff".
- chgrp -hR staff /u
- Change the group of /u and subfiles to "staff".
Author
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.Reporting Bugs
Report bugs to <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>.Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.
See Also
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.