.Dd 2015-10-08 .Dt CHGRP 1 .Os sbase .Sh NAME .Nm chgrp .Nd change file group ownership .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl h .Oo .Fl R .Op Fl H | L | P .Oc .Ar group .Ar file ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm sets the group id of each .Ar file to the gid of .Ar group . .Sh OPTIONS .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl h Preserve .Ar file if it is a symbolic link. .It Fl R Change file group ownerships recursively. .It Fl H Dereference .Ar file if it is a symbolic link. .It Fl L Dereference all symbolic links. .It Fl P Preserve symbolic links. This is the default. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr chmod 1 , .Xr chown 1 , .Xr chmod 2 , .Xr chown 2 , .Xr getgrnam 3 .Sh STANDARDS The .Nm utility is compliant with the .St -p1003.1-2013 specification.