CHGRP

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: August 1998
 

NAME

chgrp - change group ownership of files  

SYNOPSIS

chgrp [options] group file...

POSIX options: [-R]

GNU options (shortest form): [-cfvR] [--help] [--version] [--]  

DESCRIPTION

chgrp changes the group ownership of each given file to group, which can be either a group name or a numeric group ID.  

POSIX OPTIONS

-R
Recursively change the group ownership of directories and their contents. (And continue even when errors are encountered.)
 

GNU OPTIONS

-c, --changes
Verbosely describe the action for each file whose group actually changes.
-f, --silent, --quiet
Do not print error messages about files whose group cannot be changed.
-h, --no-dereference
Act on symbolic links themselves instead of what they point to. Only available if the lchown system call is provided.
-v, --verbose
Verbosely describe the action or non-action taken for every file.
-R, --recursive
Recursively change the group ownership of directories and their contents.
 

GNU STANDARD OPTIONS

--help
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
--version
Print version information on standard output, then exit successfully.
--
Terminate option list.
 

ENVIRONMENT

The variables LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES have the usual meaning.  

CONFORMING TO

POSIX 1003.2 only requires the -R option. Use of other options may not be portable.  

NOTES

This page describes chgrp as found in the fileutils-3.16 package; other versions may differ slightly. Mail corrections and additions to aeb@cwi.nl, aw@mail1.bet1.puv.fi and ragnar@lightside.ddns.org. Report bugs in the program to fileutils-bugs@gnu.ai.mit.edu.

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