chown

Change user and group ownership of files and directories.

• Change the owner user of a file/directory:

chown {user} {path/to/file_or_directory}

• Change the owner user and group of a file/directory:

chown {user}:{group} {path/to/file_or_directory}

• Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents:

chown -R {user} {path/to/directory}

• Change the owner of a symbolic link:

chown -h {user} {path/to/symlink}

• Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file:

chown --reference={path/to/reference_file} {path/to/file_or_directory}

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