tldr/pages/common/chown.md
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# chown
> Change user and group ownership of files and folders.
- Change the owner user of a file/folder:
`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Change the owner user and group of a file/folder:
`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file}}`
- Recursively change the owner of a folder and its contents:
`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/folder}}`
- Change the owner of a symbolic link:
`chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}`
- Change the owner of a file/folder to match a reference file:
`chown --reference={{path/to/reference_file}} {{path/to/file}}`