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⚡ TLDR: STAT (tldr-pages)

Display file and filesystem information.

Display properties about a specific file such as size, permissions, creation date, and access date among others
stat {{path/to/file}}
Display properties about a specific file, only showing the raw result data without labels
stat {{-t|--terse}} {{path/to/file}}
Display information about the filesystem where a specific file is located
stat {{-f|--file-system}} {{path/to/file}}
Show only octal file permissions
stat {{-c|--format}} "%a %n" {{path/to/file}}
Show the owner and group of a specific file
stat {{-c|--format}} "%U %G" {{path/to/file}}
Show the size of a specific file in bytes
stat {{-c|--format}} "%s %n" {{path/to/file}}

STAT(1)                                     User Commands                                    STAT(1)



NAME
       stat - display file or file system status

SYNOPSIS
       stat [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Display file or file system status.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -L, --dereference
              follow links

       -f, --file-system
              display file system status instead of file status

       --cached=MODE
              specify how to use cached attributes; useful on remote file systems. See MODE below

       -c  --format=FORMAT
              use  the  specified  FORMAT instead of the default; output a newline after each use of
              FORMAT

       --printf=FORMAT
              like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not output a mandatory trailing
              newline; if you want a newline, include \n in FORMAT

       -t, --terse
              print the information in terse form

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The  --cached  MODE argument can be; always, never, or default.  `always` will use cached at‐
       tributes if available, while `never` will try to synchronize with the latest attributes,  and
       `default` will leave it up to the underlying file system.

       The valid format sequences for files (without --file-system):

       %a     permission bits in octal (note '#' and '0' printf flags)

       %A     permission bits and file type 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 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

   --terse is equivalent to the following FORMAT:
              %n %s %b %f %u %g %D %i %h %t %T %X %Y %Z %W %o %C

   --terse --file-system is equivalent to the following FORMAT:
              %n %i %l %t %s %S %b %f %a %c %d

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

AUTHOR
       Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  ©  2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later
       <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,  to
       the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       stat(2), statfs(2), statx(2)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stat>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) stat invocation'



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