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Manpages CHOWNSection: FSF (1)Updated: March 2002 Index Return to Main Contents NAMEchown - change file owner and groupSYNOPSISchown [OPTION]... OWNER[:[GROUP]] FILE...chown [OPTION]... :GROUP FILE... chown [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE... DESCRIPTIONThis manual page documents the GNU version of chown. chown changes the user and/or group ownership of each given file, according to its first non-option argument, which is interpreted as follows. If only a user name (or numeric user ID) is given, that user is made the owner of each given file, and the files' group is not changed. If the user name is followed by a colon or dot and a group name (or numeric group ID), with no spaces between them, the group ownership of the files is changed as well. If a colon or dot but no group name follows the user name, that user is made the owner of the files and the group of the files is changed to that user's login group. If the colon or dot and group are given, but the user name is omitted, only the group of the files is changed; in this case, chown performs the same function as chgrp.OPTIONSChange the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP.
Owner is unchanged if missing. Group is unchanged if missing, but changed to login group if implied by a `:'. OWNER and GROUP may be numeric as well as symbolic. AUTHORWritten by David MacKenzie.REPORTING BUGSReport bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SEE ALSOThe full documentation for chown is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chown programs are properly installed at your site, the command
should give you access to the complete manual.
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