chown
Change user and group ownership of files and directories. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown>.
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/chown.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install coreutils - Ubuntu
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apt-get install coreutils -
Alpine
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apk add coreutils - Arch Linux
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pacman -S coreutils - Kali Linux
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apt-get install coreutils - CentOS
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yum install coreutils - Fedora
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dnf install coreutils - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install coreutils - OS X
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brew install coreutils - Raspbian
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apt-get install coreutils - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/chown
- Docker
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docker run cmd.cat/chown chownpowered by Commando
Change user and group ownership of files and directories. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/chown>.
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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
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