How to clone ownership and permissions from another file

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Environment

Linux distribution OS

Situation

How to copy, transfer, move, clone ownership and permissions from one file to another.

Resolution

The following commands will clone or transfer ownership and permissions:
chown --reference=otherfile thisfile
chmod --reference=otherfile thisfile

Cause

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