CHGRP(1)

NAME
chgrp - change file group ownership

SYNOPSIS
chgrp [-h] [ -R [-H | -L | -P]] group file ...

DESCRIPTION
chgrp sets the group id of each file to the gid of group.

OPTIONS

-h  Preserve file if it is a symbolic link.

-R  Change file group ownerships recursively.

-H  Dereference file if it is a symbolic link.

-L  Dereference all symbolic links.

-P  Preserve symbolic links. This is the default.

SEE ALSO
chmod(1), chown(1), chmod(2), chown(2), getgrnam(3)

STANDARDS
The chgrp utility is compliant with the p1003.1-2013 specification.