Display file or file system status.
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- -L, --dereference
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follow links
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- -Z, --context
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print the SELinux security context
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- -f, --file-system
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display file system status instead of file status
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- -c --format=FORMAT
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use the specified FORMAT instead of the default;
output a newline after each use of FORMAT
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- --printf=FORMAT
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like --format, but interpret backslash escapes,
and do not output a mandatory trailing newline.
If you want a newline, include \n in FORMAT.
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- -t, --terse
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print the information in terse form
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- --help
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display this help and exit
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- --version
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output version information and exit
The valid format sequences for files (without --file-system):
- %a
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Access rights in octal
- %A
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Access rights in human readable form
- %b
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Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
- %B
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The size in bytes of each block reported by %b
- %C
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SELinux security context string
- %d
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Device number in decimal
- %D
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Device number in hex
- %f
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Raw mode in hex
- %F
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File type
- %g
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Group ID of owner
- %G
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Group name of owner
- %h
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Number of hard links
- %i
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Inode number
- %n
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File name
- %N
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Quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
- %o
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I/O block size
- %s
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Total size, in bytes
- %t
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Major device type in hex
- %T
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Minor device type in hex
- %u
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User ID of owner
- %U
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User name of owner
- %x
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Time of last access
- %X
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Time of last access as seconds since Epoch
- %y
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Time of last modification
- %Y
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Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch
- %z
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Time of last change
- %Z
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Time of last change as seconds since Epoch
Valid format sequences for file systems:
- %a
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Free blocks available to non-superuser
- %b
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Total data blocks in file system
- %c
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Total file nodes in file system
- %d
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Free file nodes in file system
- %f
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Free blocks in file system
- %C
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SELinux security context string
- %i
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File System ID in hex
- %l
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Maximum length of filenames
- %n
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File name
- %s
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Block size (for faster transfers)
- %S
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Fundamental block size (for block counts)
- %t
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Type in hex
- %T
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Type in human readable form
NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes
the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
for details about the options it supports.