`newgrp` - log in to a new group

newgrp [-] [group]

Examples

$ newgrp ops

a new shell whose group is ops and whose group list is re-read from /etc/group

Gotchas

The usual reason: you were just added to a group and do not want to log out. exit returns to the old shell.

Taught in

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