stat (1)

NAME

       stat - display file or filesystem status

SYNOPSIS

       stat [OPTION] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

       Display file or filesystem status.

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

       -c     --format=FORMAT    use  the  specified  FORMAT  instead  of  the
              default

       -L, --dereference
              follow links

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

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The valid format sequences for files (without --filesystem):

              %A - Access rights in human readable form %a - Access rights  in
              octal  %b - Number of blocks allocated %D - Device number in hex
              %d - Device number in decimal %F - File type %f -  raw  mode  in
              hex  %G - Group name of owner %g - Group ID of owner %h - Number
              of hard links %i - Inode number  %N  -  Quoted  File  name  with
              dereference  if  symbolic link %n - File name %o - IO block size
              %s - Total size, in bytes %T - Minor device type  in  hex  %t  -
              Major device type in hex %U - User name of owner %u - User ID of
              owner %X - Time of last access as seconds since Epoch %x -  Time
              of  last  access %Y - Time of last modification as seconds since
              Epoch %y - Time of last modification %Z - Time of last change as
              seconds since Epoch %z - Time of last change

       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  - Optimal transfer block size %T - Type in human
              readable form %t - Type in hex

AUTHOR

       Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
       the  info  and  stat  programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command

              info stat

       should give you access to the complete manual.

stat (coreutils) 4.5.3           February 2003                         stat(1)