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NAME

6       chgrp - change group ownership
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SYNOPSIS

9       chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...
10       chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

13       Change  the  group of each FILE to GROUP.  With --reference, change the
14       group of each FILE to that of RFILE.
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16       -c, --changes
17              like verbose but report only when a change is made
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19       -f, --silent, --quiet
20              suppress most error messages
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22       -v, --verbose
23              output a diagnostic for every file processed
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25       --dereference
26              affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default),
27              rather than the symbolic link itself
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29       -h, --no-dereference
30              affect  symbolic  links  instead  of any referenced file (useful
31              only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)
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33       --no-preserve-root
34              do not treat '/' specially (the default)
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36       --preserve-root
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39       --reference=RFILE
40              use RFILE's group rather than specifying a GROUP.  RFILE is  al‐
41              ways dereferenced if a symbolic link.
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43       -R, --recursive
44              operate on files and directories recursively
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46       The  following  options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R
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50       -H     if  a  command  line argument is a symbolic link to a directory,
51              traverse it
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53       -L     traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
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55       -P     do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
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57       --help display this help and exit
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59       --version
60              output version information and exit
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EXAMPLES

63       chgrp staff /u
64              Change the group of /u to "staff".
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66       chgrp -hR staff /u
67              Change the group of /u and subfiles to "staff".
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AUTHOR

70       Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
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REPORTING BUGS

73       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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77       Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
78       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
79       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
80       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

83       chown(1), chown(2)
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85       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chgrp>
86       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) chgrp invocation'
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