stat

 

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 STAT(1)                                                   STAT(1)
 
 
 
NAME
        stat - display file or filesystem status
 
SYNOPSIS
        stat [-l] [-f] [-v] [-t] file-name [file-name]...
 
DESCRIPTION
        This  command  displays  information  about  the specified
        file(s).  You do not need any access rights to the file to
        get  this  information  but  you need search rights to all
        directories named in the path leading to the file.
 
        stat stats the file pointed to by file-name
 
        stat -l is identical to stat, only that for links informa­
        tion  about  the  files  that  are obtained by tracing the
        links is displayed.
 
        stat -f does not stat the file itself  but  instead  stats
        the filesystem where file-name is located.
 
        stat -v prints version information.
 
        stat -t prints the information in terse form, suitable for
        parsing by other programs
 
 
 DISPLAY
        stat and stat -l both display the following information:
 
 
        Device number
 
        Inode number
 
        Access rights
 
        Number of hard links
 
        User ID (and name if available) of owner
 
        Group ID (and name if available) of owner
 
        Device type (if inode device)
 
        Total size, in bytes
 
        Number of blocks allocated
 
        IO block size
 
        Time of last access
 
        Time of last modification
 
        Time of last change
 
        If -f is specified the following information is displayed:
 
 
        Filesystem type
 
        Block size of the filesystem
 
        Total blocks in the filesystem
 
        Free blocks
 
        Free blocks for non-root user(s)
 
        Total inodes
 
        Free inodes
 
        Maximum length of filenames
 
 
 
 BUGS
        None known so far.
 
 
AUTHORS
        Written  by  Michael  Meskes <meskes@debian.org>, -f added
        from     statfs     by     Radovan     Garabik      <gara­
        bik@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk>
 
 
SEE ALSO
        stat(2), statfs(2)
 
 
 
 Linux                     28 August 1997                  STAT(1)

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