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Changes the owner of a file.

Format: chown newowner filename Examples: chown janet file29.txt

The file file29.txt now has the owner janet. Only the owner of the file or the super user can change the owner.

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What It Does

Example

-c

Display info about file changes

chown -c janet file2 changed group of 'file2' to janet

-R

Make changes in all subdirectories

chown -R janet file3 changes file3 in any subdirectories, as well

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