chgrp - change group ownership of files
chgrp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] group file [files ...]
chgrp sets the group ownership of files. The first argument after the options is the new group.
chgrp accepts the options described below. The options -L, -H and -P are mutally exclusive, and only the last given option will be honoured. All of -L, -H and -P require the -R option to be set first.
Recurse into directories. Any directories are recursively traversed, and all files and directories will change owner.
Follow symbolic links. By default, chgrp will not follow symbolic links. This is a potential dangerous option, as chgrp will not check for cycles. Be careful. This option requires the -R option to be set.
Follow symbolic links of command line files/directories only. This option requires the -R option to be set.
Do not follow symbolic links at all. This option requires the -R option to be set.
The working of chgrp is not influenced by any environment variables.
chgrp can loop forever when symbolic links create cycles.
chgrp uses File::Find to recurse.
File::Find
$Log: chgrp,v $ Revision 1.2 2004/08/05 14:17:43 cwest cleanup, new version number on website Revision 1.1 2004/07/23 20:10:01 cwest initial import Revision 1.1 1999/03/02 22:34:29 abigail Initial revision
The Perl implementation of chgrp was written by Abigail, perlpowertools@abigail.be.
This program is copyright by Abigail 1999.
This program is free and open software. You may use, copy, modify, distribute and sell this program (and any modified variants) in any way you wish, provided you do not restrict others to do the same.
To install PerlPowerTools, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm PerlPowerTools
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install PerlPowerTools
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.