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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fourth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Stephen Figgins, Aaron Weber
June 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
944 pages
43h 1m
English
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Name

stat

Synopsis

                  stat [options] files
               

Print out the contents of an inode as they appear to the stat system call in a human-readable format. The error messages “Can’t stat file” and “Can’t lstat file” usually mean the file doesn’t exist. “Can’t readlink file” generally indicates that something is wrong with a symbolic link.

Options

-c format

Display the output as specified by format.

-f

Display information about the filesystem where the file is located, not about the file itself.

-l

For links, display information about the files found by following the links.

-s

For SE (Security Enhanced) Linux, show security information, if it’s available, in addition to stat’s normal output.

-t

Print the output tersely, in a form suitable for parsing by other programs.

-v

Print version information and exit.

Output

stat and stat -l display the following:

  • Device number

  • Inode number

  • Access rights

  • Number of hard links

  • Owner’s user ID and name, if available

  • Owner’s group ID and name, if available

  • Device type for inode device

  • Total size, in bytes

  • Number of blocks allocated

  • I/O blocksize

  • Last access time

  • Last modification time

  • Last change time

  • Security context for SE Linux

If -f is specified, stat displays the following information about the filesystem:

  • Filesystem type

  • Filesystem blocksize

  • Total blocks in the filesystem

  • Number of free blocks

  • Number of free blocks for nonroot users

  • Total number of inodes

  • Number of free inodes

  • Maximum filename length

Format

The printf(3) flag characters #, 0, -, +, and space can be used in format ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 0596004826