chown in Bash

Description : 

change file owner and group

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chown [owner][:[group]] file...
chown [owner][:[group]] file...
chown [owner][:[group]] file...

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sudo chown username Trash
sudo chown username Trash
sudo chown username Trash

change the owner of folder Trash to username

References
https://askubuntu.com/questions/628896/chown-difference-between-user-and-useruser