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[seb@localhost seb]$ chgrp -Rv seb music
group of `music' retained as seb
group of `music/wheel_of_fortune.mid' retained as seb
group of `music/TV Theme - Wheel Of Fortune.mp3' retained as seb
group of `music/new' retained as seb
group of `music/new/1.jpg' retained as seb
group of `music/new/1.wmv' retained as seb
group of `music/new/4.mpg' retained as seb
group of `music/new/5.mpg' retained as seb
[seb@localhost seb]$
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-R => recursive
-v => verbose, tell me all that is happening.

its the same for chown

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[seb@localhost seb]$ chown -Rv seb music
ownership of `music' retained as seb
ownership of `music/wheel_of_fortune.mid' retained as seb
ownership of `music/TV Theme - Wheel Of Fortune.mp3' retained as seb
ownership of `music/new' retained as seb
ownership of `music/new/1.jpg' retained as seb
ownership of `music/new/1.wmv' retained as seb
ownership of `music/new/4.mpg' retained as seb
ownership of `music/new/5.mpg' retained as seb
[seb@localhost seb]$
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for more, do

chgrp --help
chown --help

You can also use only chown:

chown user:group <file/directory>

Andreas

Quoted

Original von AWo

You can also use only chown:

chown user:group <file/directory>

Andreas

or add -R for recursive

i.e. chown -R user:group <directory>

this way all files and subfolders will be changed!