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stat

stat [OPTION]... FILE...

Display file or file system status.

Long Usage

Valid format sequences for files (without --file-system):

  • %a: access rights in octal (note '#' and '0' printf flags)
  • %A: access rights in human readable form
  • %b: number of blocks allocated (see %B)
  • %B: the size in bytes of each block reported by %b
  • %C: SELinux security context string
  • %d: device number in decimal
  • %D: device number in hex
  • %f: raw mode in hex
  • %F: file type
  • %g: group ID of owner
  • %G: group name of owner
  • %h: number of hard links
  • %i: inode number
  • %m: mount point
  • %n: file name
  • %N: quoted file name with dereference (follow) if symbolic link
  • %o: optimal I/O transfer size hint
  • %s: total size, in bytes
  • %t: major device type in hex, for character/block device special files
  • %T: minor device type in hex, for character/block device special files
  • %u: user ID of owner
  • %U: user name of owner
  • %w: time of file birth, human-readable; - if unknown
  • %W: time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown
  • %x: time of last access, human-readable
  • %X: time of last access, seconds since Epoch
  • %y: time of last data modification, human-readable
  • %Y: time of last data modification, seconds since Epoch
  • %z: time of last status change, human-readable
  • %Z: time of last status change, seconds since Epoch

Valid format sequences for file systems:

  • %a: free blocks available to non-superuser
  • %b: total data blocks in file system
  • %c: total file nodes in file system
  • %d: free file nodes in file system
  • %f: free blocks in file system
  • %i: file system ID in hex
  • %l: maximum length of filenames
  • %n: file name
  • %s: block size (for faster transfers)
  • %S: fundamental block size (for block counts)
  • %t: file system type in hex
  • %T: file system type in human readable form

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.