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       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
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17       -L, --dereference
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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, include
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32       -t, --terse
33              print the information in terse form
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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 (note '#' and '0' printf flags)
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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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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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78       %t     major  device  type  in  hex, for character/block device special
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84       %u     user ID of owner
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88       %w     time of file birth, human-readable; - if unknown
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92       %x     time of last access, human-readable
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96       %y     time of last data modification, human-readable
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98       %Y     time of last data modification, seconds since Epoch
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100       %z     time of last status change, human-readable
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102       %Z     time of last status change, seconds since Epoch
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104       Valid format sequences for file systems:
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110       %c     total file nodes in file system
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112       %d     free file nodes in file system
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114       %f     free blocks in file system
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116       %i     file system ID in hex
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118       %l     maximum length of filenames
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120       %n     file name
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122       %s     block size (for faster transfers)
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124       %S     fundamental block size (for block counts)
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126       %t     file system type in hex
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128       %T     file system type in human readable form
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130   --terse is equivalent to the following FORMAT:
131              %n %s %b %f %u %g %D %i %h %t %T %X %Y %Z %W %o %C
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133   --terse --file-system is equivalent to the following FORMAT:
134              %n %i %l %t %s %S %b %f %a %c %d
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136       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually super‐
137       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐
138       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

141       Written by Michael Meskes.
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REPORTING BUGS

144       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
145       Report stat translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
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148       Copyright  ©  2018  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
149       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
150       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
151       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

154       stat(2), statfs(2)
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156       Full documentation at: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stat>
157       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) stat invocation'
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161GNU coreutils 8.30                 July 2018                           STAT(1)
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