chgrp

chgrp change group ownership. https://linux.die.net/man/1/chgrp

Basic commands

• sudo addgroup my_group --> create a new group
• sudo chgrp my_new_ownership my_file/directory --> change ownership a file or directory
• sudo chgrp --dereference my_new_ownership file_link --> change reference of a symbolic link
• sudo chgrp --no-dereference my_new_ownership file_link --> modify symbolic link itself
• sudo chgrp -R my_new_ownership ./mydirectory/ --> print recursive
• sudo chgrp -R -v my_new_ownership ./mydirectory1/ --> print verbose

Related terms

• coreutils
• /etc/group
• grpck verify integrity of group files
• groupadd
• GID

See also

• chgrp, groupadd, groups, groupmod
• UID, GID, id, chown, chgrp, chmod, groups, sticky bit, stat, User ID, USER
• sudo, id, visudo, useradd, userdel, usermod, groups, passwd, chown, chmod, chgrp, groupadd, groupdel, Passwordless sudo, passwd (package), sudo --help
• ls, find, tree, mc, attr, xattr, chmod, rclone lsd, lsdir, ls -1