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+# chown
+
+> Change the owning user/group of the specified files
+
+- change the user of a file
+
+`chown {{user}} {{path/to/file}}`
+
+- change the user and group of a file
+ 
+`chown {{user}}:{{group}} {{path/to/file}}`
+
+- recursively change the owner of an entire folder
+
+`chown -R {{user}} {{path/to/folder}}`
+
+- change the owner of a symbolic link
+ 
+`chown -h {{user}} {{path/to/symlink}}`