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# chown
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> Change the owning user/group of the specified files.
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- Change the user of a file:
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`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file}}`
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- Change the user and group of a file:
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`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file}}`
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- Recursively change the owner of an entire folder:
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`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/folder}}`
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- Change the owner of a symbolic link:
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`chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}`
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- Use the owner and group of a reference file and apply those values to another file:
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`chown --reference={{reference-file}} {{path/to/file}}`
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