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NAME
       install - Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing
       DIRECTORY, while setting permission modes and owner/group

SYNOPSIS
       install [--backup] [-b ] [-c ] [-C|--compare] [-d|--directory] [-D ]
       [-g|--group] [-m|--mode] [-o|--owner] [-p|--preserve-timestamps]
       [-s|--strip] [--strip-program] [-S|--suffix] [-t|--target-directory]
       [-T|--no-target-directory] [-v|--verbose] [-P|--preserve-context] [-Z ]
       [--context] [-U|--unprivileged] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [files]

DESCRIPTION
       Copy SOURCE to DEST or multiple SOURCE(s) to the existing DIRECTORY,
       while setting permission modes and owner/group

OPTIONS
       --backup[=<CONTROL>]
              make a backup of each existing destination file

       -b     like --backup but does not accept an argument

       -c     ignored

       -C, --compare
              compare each pair of source and destination files, and in some
              cases, do not modify the destination at all

       -d, --directory
              treat all arguments as directory names. create all components of
              the specified directories

       -D     create all leading components of DEST except the last, then copy
              SOURCE to DEST

       -g, --group <GROUP>
              set group ownership, instead of process's current group

       -m, --mode <MODE>
              set permission mode (as in chmod), instead of rwxr-xr-x

       -o, --owner <OWNER>
              set ownership (super-user only)

       -p, --preserve-timestamps
              apply access/modification times of SOURCE files to corresponding
              destination files

       -s, --strip
              strip symbol tables

       --strip-program <PROGRAM>
              program used to strip binaries

       -S, --suffix <SUFFIX>
              override the usual backup suffix

       -t, --target-directory <DIRECTORY>
              move all SOURCE arguments into DIRECTORY

       -T, --no-target-directory
              treat DEST as a normal file

       -v, --verbose
              explain what is being done

       -P, --preserve-context
              preserve security context

       -Z     set SELinux security context of destination file and each
              created directory to default type

       --context [<CONTEXT>]
              set security context of files and directories

       -U, --unprivileged
              do not require elevated privileges to change the owner, the
              group, or the file flags of the destination

       -h, --help
              Print help

       -V, --version
              Print version

       [files]


VERSION
       v(uutils coreutils) 0.9.0

                                  2026-05-31                        INSTALL(1)