install

install copys files and set attributes.

• GNU Coreutils Project Homepage [EN]

• GNU Coreutils [EN] @ Fedora Package
• GNU Coreutils [EN] @ Homebrew Formula

Documentation

• install [EN] @ GNU Coreutils Manual

• man 1 'install' [EN]

Syntax

install [PARAMETER ...] SOURCE DESTINATION

Parameters

-b, --backup

Make a backup of each existing destination file.

-g GROUP, --group=GROUP

Set GROUP ownership, instead of process' current group.

-m MODE, --mode=MODE

Set permission MODE (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x.

-o OWNER, --owner=OWNER

Set OWNER (super-user only).

-Z CONTEXT, --context=CONTEXT

Set security CONTEXT of files and directories (SELinux).

Examples

Create a file with given permissions

sudo install --owner='https' --group='https' --mode=0640 \
       '/dev/null' '/var/www/htusers'