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.TH chown 1  "chown 0.0.26" 
.SH NAME
chown \- Change file owner and group
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBchown\fR [\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-changes\fR] [\fB\-\-dereference\fR] [\fB\-h\fR|\fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR] [\fB\-\-from\fR] [\fB\-\-preserve\-root\fR] [\fB\-\-no\-preserve\-root\fR] [\fB\-\-quiet\fR] [\fB\-R\fR|\fB\-\-recursive\fR] [\fB\-\-reference\fR] [\fB\-f\fR|\fB\-\-silent\fR] [\fB\-H \fR] [\fB\-L \fR] [\fB\-P \fR] [\fB\-v\fR|\fB\-\-verbose\fR] [\fB\-V\fR|\fB\-\-version\fR] 
.SH DESCRIPTION
Change file owner and group
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
Print help information.
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-changes\fR
like verbose but report only when a change is made
.TP
\fB\-\-dereference\fR
affect the referent of each symbolic link (this is the default), rather than the symbolic link itself
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-no\-dereference\fR
affect symbolic links instead of any referenced file (useful only on systems that can change the ownership of a symlink)
.TP
\fB\-\-from\fR=\fICURRENT_OWNER:CURRENT_GROUP\fR
change the owner and/or group of each file only if its current owner and/or group match those specified here. Either may be omitted, in which case a match is not required for the omitted attribute
.TP
\fB\-\-preserve\-root\fR
fail to operate recursively on \*(Aq/\*(Aq
.TP
\fB\-\-no\-preserve\-root\fR
do not treat \*(Aq/\*(Aq specially (the default)
.TP
\fB\-\-quiet\fR
suppress most error messages
.TP
\fB\-R\fR, \fB\-\-recursive\fR
operate on files and directories recursively
.TP
\fB\-\-reference\fR=\fIRFILE\fR
use RFILE\*(Aqs owner and group rather than specifying OWNER:GROUP values
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-silent\fR

.TP
\fB\-H\fR
if a command line argument is a symbolic link to a directory, traverse it
.TP
\fB\-L\fR
traverse every symbolic link to a directory encountered
.TP
\fB\-P\fR
do not traverse any symbolic links (default)
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
output a diagnostic for every file processed
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.SH VERSION
v0.0.26