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chgrp

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chgrp

(CHange GRouP) A Unix command that allows users to change the group that a file or directory (folder) belongs to, providing they are a member of the group. The following example changes the stuff directory to mygroup. See ls, chown and chmod.

      chgrp mygroup stuff
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