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.TH CHGRP 1 "April 21, 1988"
.UC 5
.SH NAME
chgrp \- change group
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B chgrp
[
.B -Rf
]
group file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Chgrp
changes the group-ID of the
.I files
to
.IR group .
The group may be either a decimal GID or
a group name found in the group-ID file.
.PP
The user invoking 
.I chgrp
must belong
to the specified group and be the owner of the file, or be the super-user.
.PP
No errors, except for usage errors, are reported when the
.B \-f
(force) option is given.
.PP
When the
.B \-R
option is given, 
.I chgrp
recursively descends its directory arguments
setting the specified group-ID.
When symbolic links are encountered, their group is changed,
but they are not traversed.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
chown(1), chown(2), passwd(5), group(5)

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