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chown

chown changes the user owner, group owner, or both for files. It also supports recursive changes and copying ownership from a reference file.

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Syntax

chown [OPTION]... [OWNER][: [GROUP]] FILE ...
chown [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE ...

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Source: chown(1) - Linux manual page. Checked 2026-11-03.