diff --git a/pages/common/stat.md b/pages/common/stat.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..0826c3bf6 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/stat.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# stat + +> Display file and filesystem information. + +- Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others: + +`stat {{file}}` + +- Same as a above but in a more concise way: + +`stat -t {{file}}` + +- Display filesystem information: + +`stat -f {{file}}` + +- Use stat to show only octal file permissions: + +`stat -c "%a %n" {{file}}` + +- Show octal file permissions, name and group of the file owner: + +`stat -c "%a %n %U %G" {{file}}` + +- Show the size in bytes of the file: + +`stat -c "%s %n" {{file}}`