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# stat
> Display file and filesystem information.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stat-invocation.html>.
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- Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others:
`stat {{file}}`
- Same as above but in a more concise way:
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`stat -t {{file}}`
- Show filesystem information:
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`stat -f {{file}}`
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- Show only octal file permissions:
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`stat -c "%a %n" {{file}}`
- Show owner and group of the file:
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`stat -c "%U %G" {{file}}`
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- Show the size of the file in bytes:
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`stat -c "%s %n" {{file}}`