chown

command used on Unix-like systems to change the owner of a file
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chown

Summary

chown is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. chown draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #40 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • chown's image is recorded as Chown command.png[3].
  • chown's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[4].
  • chown's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].
  • chown's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01ysj8[6].
  • chown's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/chown.html[7].
  • chown's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[8].
  • chown's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[9].
  • chown's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[10].
  • chown's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[11].
  • chown's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[12].
  • chown's has command line option is recorded as h[13].
  • chown's has command line option is recorded as H[14].
  • chown's has command line option is recorded as L[15].
  • chown's has command line option is recorded as P[16].
  • chown's has command line option is recorded as R[17].

Body

Publication

chown's part of is recorded as GNU Core Utilities[5].

Why It Matters

chown draws 64 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #40 of 124).[2] chown has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . GNU.org. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). chown. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/chown
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_chown_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{chown}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/chown}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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