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


       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)


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