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
18              follow links
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20       -f, --file-system
21              display file system status instead of file status
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23       --cached=MODE
24              specify how to use cached attributes; useful on remote file sys‐
25              tems. See MODE below
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27       -c  --format=FORMAT
28              use  the  specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a new‐
29              line after each use of FORMAT
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31       --printf=FORMAT
32              like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not  out‐
33              put a mandatory trailing newline; if you want a newline, include
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36       -t, --terse
37              print the information in terse form
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39       --help display this help and exit
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41       --version
42              output version information and exit
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44       The --cached MODE argument can be; always, never, or default.  `always`
45       will use cached attributes if available, while `never` will try to syn‐
46       chronize with the latest attributes, and `default` will leave it up  to
47       the underlying file system.
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49       The valid format sequences for files (without --file-system):
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51       %a     permission bits in octal (note '#' and '0' printf flags)
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53       %A     permission bits and file type in human readable form
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55       %b     number of blocks allocated (see %B)
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57       %B     the size in bytes of each block reported by %b
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59       %C     SELinux security context string
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61       %d     device number in decimal
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63       %D     device number in hex
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65       %f     raw mode in hex
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67       %F     file type
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69       %g     group ID of owner
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73       %h     number of hard links
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79       %n     file name
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83       %o     optimal I/O transfer size hint
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85       %s     total size, in bytes
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87       %t     major  device  type  in  hex, for character/block device special
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93       %u     user ID of owner
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95       %U     user name of owner
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97       %w     time of file birth, human-readable; - if unknown
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99       %W     time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown
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101       %x     time of last access, human-readable
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103       %X     time of last access, seconds since Epoch
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105       %y     time of last data modification, human-readable
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107       %Y     time of last data modification, seconds since Epoch
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109       %z     time of last status change, human-readable
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111       %Z     time of last status change, seconds since Epoch
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113       Valid format sequences for file systems:
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115       %a     free blocks available to non-superuser
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117       %b     total data blocks in file system
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119       %c     total file nodes in file system
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121       %d     free file nodes in file system
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123       %f     free blocks in file system
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125       %i     file system ID in hex
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127       %l     maximum length of filenames
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129       %n     file name
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131       %s     block size (for faster transfers)
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133       %S     fundamental block size (for block counts)
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135       %t     file system type in hex
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137       %T     file system type in human readable form
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139   --terse is equivalent to the following FORMAT:
140              %n %s %b %f %u %g %D %i %h %t %T %X %Y %Z %W %o %C
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142   --terse --file-system is equivalent to the following FORMAT:
143              %n %i %l %t %s %S %b %f %a %c %d
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145       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually super‐
146       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's  docu‐
147       mentation for details about the options it supports.
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AUTHOR

150       Written by Michael Meskes.
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REPORTING BUGS

153       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
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157       Copyright  ©  2020  Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU
158       GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
159       This is free software: you are free  to  change  and  redistribute  it.
160       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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SEE ALSO

163       stat(2), statfs(2), statx(2)
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165       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stat>
166       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) stat invocation'
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170GNU coreutils 8.32                 June 2021                           STAT(1)
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