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2 .TH STAT "1" "March 2012" "GNU coreutils 8.16" "User Commands"
4 stat \- display file or file system status
7 [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR...
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11 Display file or file system status.
13 \fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
16 \fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\-system\fR
17 display file system status instead of file status
19 \fB\-c\fR \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
20 use the specified FORMAT instead of the default;
21 output a newline after each use of FORMAT
23 \fB\-\-printf\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
24 like \fB\-\-format\fR, but interpret backslash escapes,
25 and do not output a mandatory trailing newline.
26 If you want a newline, include \en in FORMAT
28 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-terse\fR
29 print the information in terse form
32 display this help and exit
35 output version information and exit
37 The valid format sequences for files (without \fB\-\-file\-system\fR):
40 access rights in octal
43 access rights in human readable form
46 number of blocks allocated (see %B)
49 the size in bytes of each block reported by %b
52 SELinux security context string
55 device number in decimal
85 quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
88 optimal I/O transfer size hint
94 major device type in hex
97 minor device type in hex
106 time of file birth, human\-readable; \- if unknown
109 time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown
112 time of last access, human\-readable
115 time of last access, seconds since Epoch
118 time of last modification, human\-readable
121 time of last modification, seconds since Epoch
124 time of last change, human\-readable
127 time of last change, seconds since Epoch
129 Valid format sequences for file systems:
132 free blocks available to non\-superuser
135 total data blocks in file system
138 total file nodes in file system
141 free file nodes in file system
144 free blocks in file system
147 file system ID in hex
150 maximum length of filenames
156 block size (for faster transfers)
159 fundamental block size (for block counts)
162 file system type in hex
165 file system type in human readable form
167 NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes
168 the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
169 for details about the options it supports.
171 Written by Michael Meskes.
173 Report stat bugs to bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
175 GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
177 General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
179 Report stat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
181 Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
182 License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
184 This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
185 There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
189 The full documentation for
191 is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
195 programs are properly installed at your site, the command
197 .B info coreutils \(aqstat invocation\(aq
199 should give you access to the complete manual.