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<p></p> <table class="diff diff-contentalign-left" data-mw="interface"> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <col class='diff-marker' /> <col class='diff-content' /> <tr style='vertical-align: top;' lang='en'> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' style="background-color: white; color:black; text-align: center;">Revision as of 20:53, 15 November 2011</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1" >Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;chown&#039;&#039;&#039; command (abbreviation for &#039;&#039;&#039;ch&#039;&#039;&#039;ange &#039;&#039;&#039;own&#039;&#039;&#039;er) is used in Unix&#160; to change the owner of a file. Usually, it can only be executed by the superuser.&#160; To get superuser privileges, see Todd. &#160;</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;chown&#039;&#039;&#039; command (abbreviation for &#039;&#039;&#039;ch&#039;&#039;&#039;ange &#039;&#039;&#039;own&#039;&#039;&#039;er) is used in Unix&#160; to change the owner of a file. Usually, it can only be executed by the superuser.&#160; To get superuser privileges, see Todd. &#160;</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color:black; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Unprivileged (regular) users who wish to change the group of a file that they own may use &#039;&#039;&#039;chgrp&#039;&#039;&#039;.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Unprivileged (regular) users who wish to change the group of a file that they own may use &#039;&#039;&#039;chgrp&#039;&#039;&#039;.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'>&#160;</td><td style="background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #333333; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #e6e6e6; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr> </table>

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<p>Created page with &quot;The &#039;&#039;&#039;chown&#039;&#039;&#039; command (abbreviation for &#039;&#039;&#039;ch&#039;&#039;&#039;ange &#039;&#039;&#039;own&#039;&#039;&#039;er) is used in Unix to change the owner of a file. Usually, it can only be executed by the superuser. To get sup…&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;chown&#039;&#039;&#039; command (abbreviation for &#039;&#039;&#039;ch&#039;&#039;&#039;ange &#039;&#039;&#039;own&#039;&#039;&#039;er) is used in Unix to change the owner of a file. Usually, it can only be executed by the superuser. To get superuser privileges, see Todd. <br /> Unprivileged (regular) users who wish to change the group of a file that they own may use &#039;&#039;&#039;chgrp&#039;&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> To change the ownership permissions, first look at the current permissions with &#039;&#039;&#039;ls -l&#039;&#039;&#039;:<br /> <br /> -bash-3.2$ ls -l<br /> -rw-r----- 1 lab lab 324742643 Oct 10 17:28 file.txt<br /> <br /> The output indicates that &#039;lab&#039; is both the owing user and the owning group. <br /> <br /> To change the owing group to &#039;illumina&#039; (as required for uploading data to knot), use &#039;&#039;&#039;chgrp&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> -bash-3.2$ chgrp illumina file.txt<br /> <br /> Confirm the group ownership has changed with &#039;&#039;&#039;ls -l&#039;&#039;&#039;:<br /> <br /> -bash-3.2$ ls -l<br /> -rw-r----- 1 lab illumina 324742643 Oct 10 17:28 file.txt</div>

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