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chown

Change user and group ownership of files and directories. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown.

• 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}}