STAT linux command manual

STAT(1)                          User Commands                         STAT(1)



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

       -Z, --context
              print security context information for SELinux if available.

       --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)

       %C     SELinux security context

       %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 .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for stat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
       the info and stat programs are properly installed at  your  site,  the
       command

              info coreutils stat

       should give you access to the complete manual.



stat (coreutils) 5.2.1            March 2004                          STAT(1)