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chgrp: Change the owner group of a file/directory.
$ chgrp ${group} ${filename_or_directory}
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The command "chgrp" is used to change the group ownership of a file or directory in Unix-like operating systems.

In the given command, ${group} and ${filename_or_directory} are placeholders for the actual group and the file or directory name you want to modify. You need to replace these placeholders with the appropriate values.

For example, if you want to change the group ownership of a file named "myfile.txt" to a group called "staff", the command would be:

chgrp staff myfile.txt

This command will change the group ownership of "myfile.txt" to "staff". Please note that you need to have appropriate permissions to change the group ownership of a file or directory.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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