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# stat
> Display file and filesystem information.
> More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/stat-invocation.html>.
- Display properties about a specific file such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others:
`stat {{path/to/file}}`
- Display properties about a specific file such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others without labels:
`stat --terse {{path/to/file}}`
- Display information about the filesystem where a specific file is located:
`stat --file-system {{path/to/file}}`
- Show only octal file permissions:
`stat --format="%a %n" {{path/to/file}}`
- Show the owner and group of a specific file:
`stat --format="%U %G" {{path/to/file}}`
- Show the size of a specific file in bytes:
`stat --format="%s %n" {{path/to/file}}`