Linux and Unix stat command
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Display file or filesystem status.
stat [OPTION] FILE...
| -f, --filesystem | display filesystem status instead of file status |
| -c --format=FORMAT | use the specified FORMAT instead of the default |
| -L, --dereference | follow links |
| -t, --terse | print the information in terse form |
| --help | display this help and exit |
| --version | output version information and exit |
The valid format sequences for files (without --filesystem):
| %A | Access rights in human readable form |
| %a | Access rights in octal |
| %B | The size in bytes of each block reported by `%b' |
| %b | Number of blocks allocated (see %B) |
| %D | Device number in hex |
| %d | Device number in decimal |
| %F | File type |
| %f | Raw mode in hex |
| %G | Group name of owner |
| %g | Group ID of owner |
| %h | Number of hard links |
| %i | Inode number |
| %N | Quoted File name with dereference if symbolic link |
| %n | File name |
| %o | IO block size |
| %s | Total size, in bytes |
| %T | Minor device type in hex |
| %t | Major device type in hex |
| %U | User name of owner |
| %u | User ID of owner |
| %X | Time of last access as seconds since Epoch |
| %x | Time of last access |
| %Y | Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch |
| %y | Time of last modification |
| %Z | Time of last change as seconds since Epoch |
| %z | Time of last change |
Valid format sequences for file systems:
| %a | Free blocks available to non-superuser |
| %b | Total data blocks in file system |
| %c | Total file nodes in file system |
| %d | Free file nodes in file system |
| %f | Free blocks in file system |
| %i | File System id in hex |
| %l | Maximum length of filenames |
| %n | File name |
| %s | Optimal transfer block size |
| %T | Type in human readable form |
| %t | Type in hex |
stat index.htm
Output results similar to the example shown below.
File: `index.htm'
Size: 17137 Blocks: 40 IO Block: 8192 regular file
Device: 8h/8d Inode: 23161443 Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)
Uid: (17433/comphope) Gid: ( 32/ www)
Access: 2007-04-03 09:20:18.000000000 -0600
Modify: 2007-04-01 23:13:05.000000000 -0600
Change: 2007-04-02
16:36:21.000000000 -0600