On linux how can make a list of files that are owned by a particular owner and then fix the group and owner?
- by Stuart Woodward
I have a deep and complex file system where some files have been accidently written by root. I want to change the ownership of those files back to the original owner in one go.
I am playing with commands like:
find /folder -type f | xargs ls -l | grep "root root"
but there is a lot of garbage coming out too.
I want to make a list first and then change only the files in that list after confirmation.