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1.TH CHOWN 8
2.SH NAME
3chown \- change owner
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5\fBchown [\fB\-R\fR] \fIowner\fR[:\fIgroup\fR] \fIfile\fR ...\fR
6.br
7.de FL
8.TP
9\\fB\\$1\\fR
10\\$2
11..
12.de EX
13.TP 20
14\\fB\\$1\\fR
15# \\$2
16..
17.SH OPTIONS
18.FL "\-R" "Change directory hierarchies"
19.SH EXAMPLES
20.EX "chown ast file1 file2" "Make \fIast\fR the owner of the files"
21.EX "chown \-R ast:other dir" "Change the owner and group of all files in dir"
22.SH DESCRIPTION
23.PP
24The owner field (and optionally group field) of the named files is changed
25to
26.I owner
27(i.e., login name specified) and
28.I group .
29Alternatively, a decimal uid(gid) may be specified instead of a user name.
30Only the superuser may execute this command.
31.SH "SEE ALSO"
32.BR chgrp (1),
33.BR chmod (1),
34.BR ls (1),
35.BR chown (2).
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