CHGRP

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: April 21, 1988
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NAME

chgrp - change group  

SYNOPSIS

chgrp [ -Rf ] group file ...  

DESCRIPTION

Chgrp changes the group-ID of the files to group. The group may be either a decimal GID or a group name found in the group-ID file.

The user invoking chgrp must belong to the specified group and be the owner of the file, or be the super-user.

No errors, except for usage errors, are reported when the -f (force) option is given.

When the -R option is given, chgrp recursively descends its directory arguments setting the specified group-ID. When symbolic links are encountered, their group is changed, but they are not traversed.  

SEE ALSO

chown(1), chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)


 

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