Name
stat — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
stat [options
]files
The stat
command lists
important attributes of files (by default) or filesystems (-f
option). File information looks
like:
$ stat myfile File: "myfile" Size: 1264 Blocks: 8 Regular File Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (600/lisa) Gid: (620/users) Device: 30a Inode: 99492 Links: 1 Access: Fri Aug 29 00:16:12 2003 Modify: Wed Jul 23 23:09:41 2003 Change: Wed Jul 23 23:11:48 2003
and includes the filename, size in bytes (1264), size in blocks (8), file type (Regular File), permissions in octal (0644), permissions in the format of “ls -l” (-rw-r--r--), owner’s user ID (600), owner’s name (lisa), owner’s group ID (620), owner’s group name (users), device type (30a), inode number (99492), number of hard links (1), and timestamps of the file’s most recent access, modification, and status change. Filesystem information looks like:
$ stat -f myfile File: "myfile" ID: bffff358 ffffffff Namelen: 255 Type: EXT2 Blocks: Total: 2016068 Free: 876122 Available: 773709 Size: 4096 Inodes: Total: 1026144 Free: 912372
and includes the filename (myfile), filesystem ID (bffff358 ffffffff), maximum length of a filename for that filesystem (255 bytes), filesystem type (EXT2), the counts of total, free, and available blocks in the filesystem (2016068, 876122, and 773709, respectively), block size for the filesystem (4096), and the counts of total and free inodes (1026144 and 912372, respectively).
The -t
option presents the ...
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