stat - stat
NAME SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Arguments: OPTIONSNAME
stat − stat
SYNOPSIS
stat [OPTION]... FILE...
DESCRIPTION
Display file or file system status.
Arguments:
[files]...
OPTIONS
−L, −−dereference
follow links
−f, −−file−system
display file system status instead of file status
−t, −−terse
print the information in terse form
−c, −−format <FORMAT>
use the specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a newline after each use of FORMAT
−−printf <FORMAT>
like −−format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not output a mandatory trailing newline; if you want a newline, include \n in FORMAT
−h, −−help
Print help
−V, −−version
Print version
Valid format sequences for files (without ‘−−file−system‘):
−‘%a‘: access rights in octal (note ’#’ and ’0’ printf flags) −‘%A‘: access rights in human readable form −‘%b‘: number of blocks allocated (see %B) −‘%B‘: the size in bytes of each block reported by %b −‘%C‘: SELinux security context string −‘%d‘: device number in decimal −‘%D‘: device number in hex −‘%f‘: raw mode in hex −‘%F‘: file type −‘%g‘: group ID of owner −‘%G‘: group name of owner −‘%h‘: number of hard links −‘%i‘: inode number −‘%m‘: mount point −‘%n‘: file name −‘%N‘: quoted file name with dereference (follow) if symbolic link −‘%o‘: optimal I/O transfer size hint −‘%s‘: total size, in bytes −‘%t‘: major device type in hex, for character/block device special files −‘%T‘: minor device type in hex, for character/block device special files −‘%u‘: user ID of owner −‘%U‘: user name of owner −‘%w‘: time of file birth, human−readable; − if unknown −‘%W‘: time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown −‘%x‘: time of last access, human−readable −‘%X‘: time of last access, seconds since Epoch −‘%y‘: time of last data modification, human−readable
−‘%Y‘: time of last data modification, seconds since Epoch −‘%z‘: time of last status change, human−readable −‘%Z‘: time of last status change, seconds since Epoch
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‘: block size (for faster transfers) −‘%S‘: fundamental block size (for block counts) −‘%t‘: file system type in hex −‘%T‘: file system type in human readable form
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell’s documentation for details about the options it supports.