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NAME
       chgrp - change group ownership

SYNOPSIS
       chgrp [OPTION]... GROUP FILE...
       chgrp [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Change the group membership of each FILE to GROUP.

       -c, --changes
              like verbose but report only when a change is made

       --dereference
              affect  the  referent of each symbolic link, rather
              than the symbolic link itself

       -h, --no-dereference
              affect symbolic links  instead  of  any  referenced
              file (available only on systems that can change the
              ownership of a symlink)

       -f, --silent, --quiet
              suppress most error messages

       --reference=RFILE
              use RFILE's group rather than the  specified  GROUP
              value

       -R, --recursive
              operate on files and directories recursively

       -v, --verbose
              output a diagnostic for every file processed

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY
       or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for  chgrp  is  maintained  as a



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       Texinfo manual.  If the info and chgrp programs are  prop-
       erly installed at your site, the command

              info chgrp

       should give you access to the complete manual.



















































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