chown select files only

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Published on 2012-12-14T09:26:35Z Indexed on 2012/12/14 11:20 UTC
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I use the (excellant) unison to sync two file servers and I've just realised i've synced a number of files without using the switch in unison that maintains the file user ownership. these files now have a user of root (coz i have to run unison as root)

Can I chown to a specified user BUT only change the files that now have the owner root and do so recursively in the directory in question? Sure i can but not sure of the arguments to "find files with owner 0 and change them to owner xxxx".

THX for any help...

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