chown

• Command Function
• Syntax
• Parameters
• Usage
• Example
• Output

Command Function

This command is used to change the owner and group of a specified file.

Syntax

chown [owner] [group] [pathname]

Parameters

Table 1 Parameter description

Usage

• By specifying the owner and group parameters in this command, you can change the owner and group of the file.
• If owner or group is -1, the owner or group of the file will not be changed.
• The group parameter can be left blank.

Example

Run chown 100 200 hello-harmony.txt.

Output

Figure 1 Changing the owner and group of the hello-harmony.txt file to 100 and 200 respectively