#Name

chgrp - change group ownership of files

#Synopsis

$ chgrp <gid> <path...>
$ chgrp <name> <path...>

#Description

chgrp called as root or as file owner changes owning group of specified path to gid or name.

#Options

• -h, --no-dereference: Don't follow symlinks

#Examples

# Change group of README.md to 111
# chgrp 111 README.md

# Change group of README.md to root
# chgrp root README.md

#See also

• chmod(1)
• chown(1)