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# chown
> Change user and group ownership of files and directories.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/chown-invocation.html>.
- 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}}`