# phpman > man > STAT(1)

> **TLDR:** 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}}`

*Source: tldr-pages*

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## 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
              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
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## 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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/stat/2/markdown), [statfs(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/statfs/2/markdown), [statx(2)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/statx/2/markdown)

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



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