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