tldr/pages/osx/stat.md

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stat

Display file status. More information: https://ss64.com/osx/stat.html.

  • Show file properties such as size, permissions, creation and access dates among others:

stat {{file}}

  • Same as above but verbose (more similar to Linux's stat):

stat -x {{file}}

  • Show only octal file permissions:

stat -f %Mp%Lp {{file}}

  • Show owner and group of the file:

stat -f "%Su %Sg" {{file}}

  • Show the size of the file in bytes:

stat -f "%z %N" {{file}}