Name

stat

Synopsis

stat [options] files

Print out the contents of an inode as they appear to the stat system call in a human-readable format. The error messages “Can’t stat file” and “Can’t lstat file” usually mean the file doesn’t exist. “Can’t readlink file” generally indicates that something is wrong with a symbolic link.

Options

-c format, --format=format

Display the output as specified by format.

-f, --filesystem

Display information about the filesystem where the file is located, not about the file itself.

--help

Display help information and exit.

-L, --dereference

Follow links and display information about the files found.

-t, --terse

Print the output tersely, in a form suitable for parsing by other programs.

--version

Print version information and exit.

Output

stat and stat -L display the following:

  • Device number

  • Inode number

  • Access rights

  • Number of hard links

  • Owner’s user ID and name, if available

  • Owner’s group ID and name, if available

  • Device type for inode device

  • Total size, in bytes

  • Number of blocks allocated

  • I/O block size

  • Last access time

  • Last modification time

  • Last change time

  • Security context for SELinux

If -f is specified, stat displays the following information about the filesystem:

  • Filesystem type

  • Filesystem block size

  • Total blocks in the filesystem

  • Number of free blocks

  • Number of free blocks for nonroot users

  • Total number of inodes

  • Number of free inodes

  • Maximum filename length

Format

The printf(3) flag characters #, 0, -, +, and space can be used in format. In addition, the field width and precision options ...

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