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# chgrp

> Change group ownership of files and directories.
> See also: `chown`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chgrp-invocation.html>.

- Change the owner group of a file/directory:
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# chown

> Change user and group ownership of files and directories.
> See also: `chgrp`.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chown-invocation.html>.

- Change the owner user of a file/directory:
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`sudo chown {{user}}: {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Change the group of a file to a group that the current user belongs to:

`chown :{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents:

`sudo chown {{[-R|--recursive]}} {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}`
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