groupadd

Creates a new user group.

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Verified: 2025-10-08

Syntax

$groupadd [OPTIONS] GROUP

Examples

$groupadd developers

$groupadd -g 1001 developers

Typical use cases

Standard usage

groupadd --help

Note Creates new groups. Requires root rights.

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