[kanchilug] 1D1C - chgrp

  • From: Dhanasekar <tkdhanasekar@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, kanchilug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 06:00:00 +0530

chgrp - change group ownership

To change a directory group ownership
$ sudo chgrp ilugc example

To change group ownership of a file
$ sudo chgrp ilugc abc.txt

To recursively change group ownership
$ sudo chgrp -R ilugc example

To change the group of a file to match the group of another, reference file
To change the group ownership of the file abc.file to be the same as that
of the test.file
$ sudo chgrp --reference=test.file abc.file

To list the changes that happened in our example directory
$ sudo chgrp -c -R ilugc example

To describe the action or non-action taken for every File
$ sudo chgrp -v ilugc file1

To change the group name of link files
$ sudo chgrp --dereference ilugc symbolic_link

To suppress potential error messages when executing the chgrp command
sudo chgrp -f [GROUP_NAME] [DIRECTORY/FILE_NAME]
$ sudo chgrp -f ilugc no_file



regards,
T.Dhanasekar

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