1STAT(1)                          User Commands                         STAT(1)
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NAME

6       stat - display file or file system status
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SYNOPSIS

9       stat [OPTION]... FILE...
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DESCRIPTION

12       Display file or file system status.
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14       -L, --dereference
15              follow links
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17       -Z, --context
18              print the SELinux security context
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20       -f, --file-system
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23       -c  --format=FORMAT
24              use  the  specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a new‐
25              line after each use of FORMAT
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27       --printf=FORMAT
28              like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not  out‐
29              put  a  mandatory  trailing  newline.   If  you  want a newline,
30              include \n in FORMAT
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32       -t, --terse
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35       --help display this help and exit
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37       --version
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40       The valid format sequences for files (without --file-system):
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42       %a     Access rights in octal
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44       %A     Access rights in human readable form
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46       %b     Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
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48       %B     The size in bytes of each block reported by %b
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50       %C     SELinux security context string
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52       %d     Device number in decimal
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54       %D     Device number in hex
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58       %F     File type
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60       %g     Group ID of owner
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64       %h     Number of hard links
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74       %s     Total size, in bytes
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76       %t     Major device type in hex
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82       %U     User name of owner
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84       %x     Time of last access
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86       %X     Time of last access as seconds since Epoch
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88       %y     Time of last modification
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90       %Y     Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch
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92       %z     Time of last change
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94       %Z     Time of last change as seconds since Epoch
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96       Valid format sequences for file systems:
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102       %c     Total file nodes in file system
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104       %d     Free file nodes in file system
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106       %f     Free blocks in file system
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108       %C     SELinux security context string
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110       %i     File System ID in hex
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112       %l     Maximum length of filenames
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114       %n     File name
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116       %s     Block size (for faster transfers)
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118       %S     Fundamental block size (for block counts)
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120       %t     Type in hex
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122       %T     Type in human readable form
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124       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually super‐
125       sedes  the  version described here.  Please refer to your shell's docu‐
126       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

129       Written by Michael Meskes.
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REPORTING BUGS

132       Report stat bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
133       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
134       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
135       Report stat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
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138       Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.   License  GPLv3+:  GNU
139       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
140       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
141       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

144       stat(2)
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146       The full documentation for stat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If
147       the  info  and  stat  programs are properly installed at your site, the
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150              info coreutils 'stat invocation'
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152       should give you access to the complete manual.
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156GNU coreutils 8.5                November 2010                         STAT(1)
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