CHGRP(1) manual page

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## Name

chgrp - change group ownership

## Synopsis

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

## Description

Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.

-c, --changes
  like verbose but report only when a change is made
-h, --no-dereference
  affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (available only on systems with lchown system call)
-f, --silent, --quiet
  suppress most error messages
--reference=RFILE
  use RFILE's group instead of using a GROUP value
-R, --recursive
  change files and directories recursively
-v, --verbose
  output a diagnostic for every file processed
--help
  display this help and exit
--version
  output version information and exit

## Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

## See Also

The full documentation for chgrp is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and chgrp programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info chgrp

should give you access to the complete manual.

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