Chgrp

chgrp is the command to change the group owner of a file or a directory.

Syntax

chgrp [group name] [file/directory name]

Where [group name]] is the group you want to change the ownership to, followed by [file/directory name].

Options

-R

Recursively change group owner of files/directory

Examples

  chgrp  family  /usr/pictures
  chgrp  root    /root

Provided by

Most (all?) Linux distributions incorporate this from the GNU Coreutils: man page

Related Commands

• chown- Changes user/group ownership of a file
• chmod - Changes the user/group permissions of a file/directory
• ls - Lists files
• touch - update timestamps

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