Chgrp

The title of this article is incorrect because of technical limitations. The correct title is "chgrp".

The chgrp command is used by unprivileged users on Unix-like systems to change the group associated with a file. Unlike the chown command, chgrp allows regular users to change groups, but only to one of which they are a member.

Usage

The general syntax of the chgrp command is:

chgrp group target1 [target2 ..]

• The group parameter indicates the new group with which the targets should be associated.
• The target parameters indicate the files or directories for which the change should be made.

Footnote: The group parameter may either be a symbolic name or an identifier.

Usage examples

$ chgrp bob red.gif

• Changes the group associated with red.gif to 'bob', provided the executing user is a member of that group.

See also

• Chown
• Group identifier (Unix)