Linux chown Command

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

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:

Related Linux Commands  

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

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.