NAME

       newgrp - log in to a new group

SYNOPSIS

       newgrp [group [command]]

       newgrp [-c command] [group]

DESCRIPTION

       newgrp changes the group identification of its caller, analogously to login(1). The same person remains
       logged in, and the current directory is unchanged, but calculations of access permissions to files are
       performed with respect to the new group ID.

       If no group is specified, the GID is changed to the login GID.

       An optional command can be specified, which is invoked after group change instead of the user’s shell.

OPTIONS

       -c, --command=command
           Pass command to the user’s shell with the -c option.

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Display version and exit.

FILES

       /etc/group, /etc/passwd

AUTHORS

       Originally by Michael Haardt. Currently maintained by Peter Orbaek <poe@daimi.aau.dk>.

SEE ALSO

       login(1), group(5)

REPORTING BUGS

       For bug reports, use the issue tracker <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY

       The newgrp command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive
       <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

util-linux 2.41                                    2025-02-26                                          NEWGRP(1)