chgrp - Change Group in Linux

From the Linux Essential Commands cheat sheet · File Permissions & Ownership · verified Jul 2026

Change group ownership of files

bash

# Change group
chgrp groupname file.txt

# Recursive
chgrp -R groupname directory/

# View current groups
groups
id

✅ Changes only group ownership (not user)

💡 Use groups command to see available groups

🔍 Alternative to chown for group-only changes

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