Name
stat
Synopsis
stat filename [filenames . . . ]
Description
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” or “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.
Output
Sample output from the command:
stat /
File: "/"
Size: 1024 Filetype: Directory
Mode: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ system)
Device: 3,3 Inode: 2 Links: 21
Access: Tue Apr 11 04:02:01 2000(00000.11:47:35)
Modify: Wed Nov 17 11:46:38 1999(00146.03:02:58)
Change: Wed Nov 17 11:46:38 1999(00146.03:02:58)
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