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CHGRP(1)		       FSF			 CHGRP(1)

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  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 Tex
       info manual.  If the info and chgrp programs are	 properly
       installed at your site, the command

	      info chgrp

       should give you access to the complete manual.

chgrp (fileutils) 4.1	    April 2001			 CHGRP(1)

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