chgrp

Command Function

This command is used to change the file group.

Syntax

chgrp [group] [pathname]

Parameters

Table 1 Parameter description

Parameter Description Value Range
group Specifies the target file group. [0, 0xFFFFFFFF]
pathname Specifies the file path. An existing file

Usage Guidelines

  • Specify group to change the file group.
  • For the FAT file system, this command cannot be used to change user group IDs.

Note

Currently, the shell does not support this command.

Example

Run chgrp 100 testfile.

Output

Change the group ID of the testfile file in the dev/ directory to 100.

OHOS:/dev$ ll testfile
-rw-r--r-- 0 0 0 0 1970-01-01 00:00 testfile
OHOS:/dev$ chgrp 100 testfile                                           
OHOS:/dev$ ll testfile                                                   
-rw-r--r-- 0 0 100 0 1970-01-01 00:00 testfile
OHOS:/dev$