stat(1)

display file or filesystem status

Package: coreutil, added for amigaux.

Also by this name: stat(2), System calls · stat(5), Character sets, environment, package files · stat(2Z), XENIX system calls · stat(4Z), XENIX version of a file format

NAME

stat - display file or filesystem status

SYNOPSIS

stat [OPTION] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

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: The size in bytes of each block reported by `%b'
%b: Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
%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

AUTHOR

Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.