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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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