This command is used to change the file owner and or group of a file or directory. The ownership of a file or directory defines which user and group have control over file, like permission to read, write or execute. It comes from “coreutils-x.x” package.
Examples:
1. To change the owner of the file
| $ chown mike file.txt |
2. To see if the changes have taken place or not
| $ chown -c mike file.txt |
3. To suppress if any error messages
| $ chown -f mike file.txt |
4. To apply the changes recursively
| $ chown -R mike /mydir |
5. To change the file owner and group at once
| $ chown mike:SUPPORT file.txt |
