chown:tldr:493cc
chown: Change the owner of a file/directory to match a reference file.
$ chown --reference=${path-to-reference_file} ${filename_or_directory}
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The chown command is used in Unix-like systems to change the ownership of files and directories.
The given command chown --reference=${path-to-reference_file} ${filename_or_directory} takes advantage of the --reference option.
${path-to-reference_file}is the path of another file or directory that you want to use as a reference for the ownership.${filename_or_directory}is the name of the file or directory that you want to change the ownership of.
By using the --reference option, the ownership of ${filename_or_directory} will be set to match the ownership of the ${path-to-reference_file}.
This can be helpful when you want to quickly set the ownership of a file or directory to match another file or directory without manually specifying the ownership details.
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