Change teh ownership of files/dir/subdir using a script-URGENT

[gjay]

Hi

I would like a script which can change the ownership of files/dir/subdirs in one go. (Bourne shell, loop)

eg: owner1 ---> owner2
Thnx in advance
Gee

 

[grega]

use chown -R <owner2> <dirname>. This will change ownership of the directory and everything under it.

Greg.

 

[ayjaycee]

Or if you (for example) only want to change files owned by owner1, then use find :-

find startdir -user owner1 -exec chown owner2 {} \;

or use whatever criteria in the find command that applies here.

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[gjay]

Thank You all, that was exactly what I was looking for !!!
Pass the ownership only to the files owned by owner1 excluding the rest.
Your prompt reply is much appreciated
GEE