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How can i change the user and group of a folder recursively?
$ chown -R newuser:newgroup /path/to/folder
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This command changes the owner and group of the specified folder recursively to the new user and group.

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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