Linux "chgrp" Command Line Options and Examples

change group ownership

Change the group of each FILE to GROUP. With --reference, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.

Usage:

chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE... chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

Command Line Options:

-c

like verbose but report only when a change is made


                            chgrp -c ...

-f

suppress most error messages


                            chgrp -f ...

-v

output a diagnostic for every file processed


                            chgrp -v ...

--dereference

affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself


                            chgrp --dereference ...

-h

affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)


                            chgrp -h ...

--no-preserve-root

do not treat '/' specially (the default)


                            chgrp --no-preserve-root ...

--preserve-root

fail to operate recursively on '/'


                            chgrp --preserve-root ...

--reference

use RFILE's group rather than specifying a GROUP value


                            chgrp --reference ...

-R

operate on files and directories recursivelyThe following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the -R option is also specified. If more than one is specified, onlythe final one takes effect.


                            chgrp -R ...

-H

if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it


                            chgrp -H ...

-L

traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered


                            chgrp -L ...

-P

do not traverse any symbolic links (default)


                            chgrp -P ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            chgrp --help ...

--version

output version information and exitEXAMPLESchgrp staff /uChange the group of /u to "staff".chgrp -hR staff /uChange the group of /u and subfiles to "staff".AUTHORWritten by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report chgrp translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.


                            chgrp --version ...