title: What does "chown nginx:nginx * -R" do?
body: <p>I understand what the command <code>chown nginx:nginx -R</code> does.</p>
  
  <p><strong>My question is regarding the star <code>*</code> wildcard.</strong></p>
  
  <p>So essentially what I'm asking is what is what is the difference between these three commands:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li><code>chown nginx:nginx * -R</code></li>
  <li><code>chown nginx:nginx . -R</code></li>
  <li><code>chown nginx:nginx .* -R</code></li>
  </ol>