linux change owner of directory code example

Example 1: change owner directory linux

sudo chown -R username:group directory

Example 2: take ownership directory linux

sudo chown -R $USER ~/.blabla

Example 3: change user linuxcommand ch

chown USER:GROUP FILE

Change the user and grop for an entire folder:
chown -R USER:GROUP FILE

Example 4: how to change owner of all files in a directory

# Using the '*' wildcard you can include all other files and dirs
# Only us as many wildcards as you have layers in you directory
sudo chown <username:username> <directory_name>/*/*