CHOWN(1L)                                               CHOWN(1L)


NNAAMMEE
       chown - change the user and group ownership of files

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
       cchhoowwnn  [-Rcfv]  [--recursive] [--changes] [--help] [--ver-
       sion] [--silent] [--quiet]  [--verbose]  [user][:.][group]
       file...

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN
       This  manual  page  documents  the  GNU  version of cchhoowwnn.
       cchhoowwnn changes the user  and/or  group  ownership  of  each
       given  file,  according  to its first non-option argument,
       which is interpreted as follows.  If only a user name  (or
       numeric  user ID) is given, that user is made the owner of
       each given file, and the files' group is not changed.   If
       the  user  name  is followed by a colon or dot and a group
       name (or numeric group ID), with no spaces  between  them,
       the group ownership of the files is changed as well.  If a
       colon or dot but no group name follows the user name, that
       user  is  made the owner of the files and the group of the
       files is changed to that user's login group.  If the colon
       or  dot and group are given, but the user name is omitted,
       only the group of the files  is  changed;  in  this  case,
       cchhoowwnn performs the same function as cchhggrrpp.

   OOPPTTIIOONNSS
       _-_c_, _-_-_c_h_a_n_g_e_s
              Verbosely describe only files whose ownership actu-
              ally changes.

       _-_f_, _-_-_s_i_l_e_n_t_, _-_-_q_u_i_e_t
              Do not print error messages about files whose  own-
              ership cannot be changed.

       _-_v_, _-_-_v_e_r_b_o_s_e
              Verbosely describe ownership changes.

       _-_R_, _-_-_r_e_c_u_r_s_i_v_e
              Recursively  change  ownership  of  directories and
              their contents.

       _-_-_h_e_l_p Print a usage message on standard output  and  exit
              successfully.

       _-_-_v_e_r_s_i_o_n
              Print  version  information on standard output then
              exit successfully.










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