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# chown
> Change user and group ownership of files and directories.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown>.
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- Change the owner user of a file/directory:
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`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
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- Change the owner user and group of a file/directory:
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`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
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- Change the owner user and group to both have the name `user`:
`chown {{user}}: {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
- Recursively change the owner of a directory and its contents:
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`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/directory}}`
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- Change the owner of a symbolic link:
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`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}}`