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        !            18: .\"     @(#)chgrp.1    6.5 (Berkeley) 7/24/90
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        !            20: .Dd July 24, 1990
        !            21: .Dt CHGRP 1
        !            22: .Os BSD 4.2
        !            23: .Sh NAME
        !            24: .Nm chgrp
        !            25: .Nd change group
        !            26: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            27: .Nm chgrp
        !            28: .Op Fl Rf
        !            29: .Ar group
        !            30: .Ar files ...
        !            31: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            32: The chgrp utility sets the group ID of the file named by each
        !            33: .Ar file
        !            34: operand to the
        !            35: .Ar group
        !            36: ID specified by the group operand.
        !            37: .Pp
        !            38: Options:
        !            39: .Tw Ds
        !            40: .Tp Fl R
        !            41: Recursively change file group IDs.
        !            42: For each
        !            43: .Ar file
        !            44: operand that names a directory, chgrp changes the
        !            45: group of the directory and all files in the file
        !            46: hierarchy below it.
        !            47: When symbolic links are encountered, their group is changed,
        !            48: but they are not traversed.
        !            49: .Tp Fl f
        !            50: The force option ignores errors, except for usage errors and doesn't
        !            51: query about strange modes (unless user does not have proper permissions).
        !            52: .Tp
        !            53: .Pp
        !            54: Operands:
        !            55: .Tw Ds
        !            56: .Tp Ar group
        !            57: The
        !            58: .Ar group
        !            59: can be either a group name from the group database, or a numeric
        !            60: group ID.
        !            61: .Tp Ar file
        !            62: A pathname of a file whose group ID is to be modified.
        !            63: .Tp
        !            64: .Pp
        !            65: The user invoking
        !            66: must belong
        !            67: to the specified group and be the owner of the file, or be the super-user.
        !            68: .Pp
        !            69: The
        !            70: .Nm chgrp
        !            71: utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !            72: .Sh FILES
        !            73: .Dw /etc/group
        !            74: .Di L
        !            75: .Dp Pa /etc/group
        !            76: Group ID file
        !            77: .Dp
        !            78: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !            79: .Xr chown 2 ,
        !            80: .Xr chown 8 ,
        !            81: .Xr group 5 ,
        !            82: .Xr passwd 5
        !            83: .Sh STANDARDS
        !            84: The
        !            85: .Nm chgrp
        !            86: function is expected to be POSIX 1003.2 compatible.
        !            87: This manual page is derived from the POSIX 1003.2 manual page.

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