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.TH CHGRP "1" "December 2006" "chgrp 6.7" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
chgrp \- change group ownership
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chgrp
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIGROUP FILE\fR...
.br
.B chgrp
[\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Change the group of each FILE to GROUP.
With \fB\-\-reference\fR, change the group of each FILE to that of RFILE.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-changes\fR
like verbose but report only when a change is made
.TP
\fB\-\-dereference\fR
affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is
the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR
affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced
file (useful only on systems that can change the
ownership of a symlink)
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-preserve\-root\fR
do not treat `/' specially (the default)
.TP
\fB\-\-preserve\-root\fR
fail to operate recursively on `/'
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress most error messages
.TP
\fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIRFILE\fR
use RFILE's group rather than specifying a
GROUP value
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
operate on files and directories recursively
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
output a diagnostic for every file processed
.PP
The following options modify how a hierarchy is traversed when the \fB\-R\fR
option is also specified.  If more than one is specified, only the final
one takes effect.
.TP
\fB\-H\fR
if a command line argument is a symbolic link
to a directory, traverse it
.TP
\fB\-L\fR
traverse every symbolic link to a directory
encountered
.TP
\fB\-P\fR
do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
chgrp staff /u
Change the group of /u to "staff".
.TP
chgrp \fB\-hR\fR staff /u
Change the group of /u and subfiles to "staff".
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie and Jim Meyering.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B chgrp
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B chgrp
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info chgrp
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.