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getcap

Command to display the name and capabilities of each specified file. More information: https://manned.org/getcap.
  • Get capabilities for the given files:
    getcap {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}
  • Get capabilities for all the files recursively under the given directories:
    getcap -r {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}
  • Displays all searched entries even if no capabilities are set:
    getcap -v {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

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