GNU/Linux |
RedHat 9.0(Shrike) |
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stat(1) |
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stat − display file or filesystem status
stat [OPTION] FILE...
Display file or
filesystem status.
−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 - Number of blocks allocated %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
Written by Michael Meskes.
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
Copyright
© 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying
conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
The full documentation for stat is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and stat programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info stat
should give you access to the complete manual.
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