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About chgrp
For system V, changes the group
that has access to a file or directory.
Syntax
chgrp newgroup filenames
[-f] [-h]
| newgroup |
Specifies the new group that you wish to allow access to. |
| filenames |
Specifies the files that the newgroup has access to. |
| -f |
Force. Do not report errors. |
| -h |
If the file is a symbolic link, change the group
of the symbolic link. Without this option, the group of the file referenced by the symbolic link is changed. |
| -R |
Recursive. chgrp descends through the directory, and any subdirectories, setting the specified group ID as it proceeds. When a symbolic link is encountered, the group of the target file is changed (unless the -h option is specified), but no recursion takes place. |
Examples
chgrp hope file.txt
- Would change
the group to hope for the file file.txt if present and the group hope is
valid.
Related commands
chmod
chown
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