Linux chown Command

In this tutorial we learn how to use chown commmand in Linux. chown command is chown - change file owner and group
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What is Linux chown Command?

In this tutorial we learn how to use chown command in Linux. chown command is chown - change file owner and group

chown Syntax

       chown [OPTION]... [OWNER][:[GROUP]] FILE...
       chown [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...

chown Examples

chown Command Manual / Help

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of chown command.

chown command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for chown command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man chown

To open info page for chown command we can use command below.

info chown

To open help page from chown command we can run command below.

chown --help

Linux chown Command Source Code

You can find chown command source code from the folowing repositories:

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to use chown in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.