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2 .TH STAT "1" "March 2007" "GNU coreutils 6.9" "User Commands"
4 stat \- display file or file system status
7 [\fIOPTION\fR] \fIFILE\fR...
9 .\" Add any additional description here
11 Display file or file system status.
13 \fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
16 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\-system\fR
17 display file system status instead of file status
19 \fB\-c\fR \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
20 use the specified FORMAT instead of the default;
21 output a newline after each use of FORMAT
23 \fB\-\-printf\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
24 like \fB\-\-format\fR, but interpret backslash escapes,
25 and do not output a mandatory trailing newline.
26 If you want a newline, include \en in FORMAT.
28 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-terse\fR
29 print the information in terse form
32 display this help and exit
35 output version information and exit
37 The valid format sequences for files (without \fB\-\-file\-system\fR):
40 Access rights in octal
43 Access rights in human readable form
46 Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
49 The size in bytes of each block reported by %b
52 Device number in decimal
79 Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
88 Major device type in hex
91 Minor device type in hex
103 Time of last access as seconds since Epoch
106 Time of last modification
109 Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch
115 Time of last change as seconds since Epoch
117 Valid format sequences for file systems:
120 Free blocks available to non\-superuser
123 Total data blocks in file system
126 Total file nodes in file system
129 Free file nodes in file system
132 Free blocks in file system
135 File System ID in hex
138 Maximum length of filenames
144 Block size (for faster transfers)
147 Fundamental block size (for block counts)
153 Type in human readable form
155 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes
156 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
157 for details about the options it supports.
159 Written by Michael Meskes.
161 Report bugs to <bug\-coreutils@gnu.org>.
163 Copyright \(co 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
165 This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
166 the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
167 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
171 The full documentation for
173 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
177 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
181 should give you access to the complete manual.