What does Linux' chown '-R' parameter mean?

Question

The explanation is: "-R, --recursive operate on files and directories recursively" What does "recursive" mean here?

Accepted Answer

"Recursive" implies that the operation will be performed for all files and directories (and all files and directories within any directory). So

```
chown -R foo /some/path
```

would change file owner to `foo` for all files and directories in `/some/path`

p.s. You might have even seen the dictionary entry for `recursive`:

recursive, n: See recursive

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