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2 .TH CHGRP "1" "October 2003" "chgrp (coreutils) 5.0" FSF
4 chgrp \- change group ownership
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIGROUP FILE\fR...
10 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fI--reference=RFILE FILE\fR...
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14 Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.
16 \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-changes\fR
17 like verbose but report only when a change is made
20 affect the referent of each symbolic link, rather
21 than the symbolic link itself
23 \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR
24 affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file
25 (available only on systems that can change the
26 ownership of a symlink)
28 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR
29 suppress most error messages
31 \fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIRFILE\fR
32 use RFILE's group rather than the specified
35 \fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
36 operate on files and directories recursively
38 \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
39 output a diagnostic for every file processed
42 display this help and exit
45 output version information and exit
47 Written by David MacKenzie.
49 Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
51 Copyright \(co 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
53 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
54 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
56 The full documentation for
58 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
62 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
66 should give you access to the complete manual.