chgrp - Command Generator Online

chgrp

chgrp command is used to change the group ownership of a file or directory.

User group

File or directory path

Suppress error message (-c)

Force change (-f)

Affect the symbolic link itself rather than the file it points to (-h)

Process the directory and its subdirectories recursively. (-R)

Verbose mode (-v)

Modify symbolic links to be fixed (-H)

Modify the file that the symbolic link points to directly (-L)

Modify the symbolic link itself directly (-P)

Change the group ownership of the file or directory to match that of the reference file or directory (--reference)

Example

Change the group owner of the file file.txt to the staff group:
```
chgrp staff file.txt
```
Change the group owner of all files in the directory /home/user1/docs/ and its subdirectories to the users group:
```
chgrp -R users /home/user1/docs/
```
Change the group owner of all files in the directory /home/user1/docs/ and its subdirectories to the users group, and display the process:
```
chgrp -vR users /home/user1/docs/
```
Change the group owner of the file file.txt to the same group as the reference file file2.txt:
```
chgrp --reference=file2.txt file.txt
```
Change the group owner of the symbolic link file link itself to the staff group:
```
chgrp -h staff link
```