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.TH STAT "1" "March 2004" "stat (coreutils) 5.2.1" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
stat \- display file or filesystem status
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B stat
[\fIOPTION\fR] \fIFILE\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
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.PP
Display file or filesystem status.
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-filesystem\fR
display filesystem status instead of file status
.TP
\fB\-c\fR  \fB\-\-format\fR=\fIFORMAT\fR
use the specified FORMAT instead of the default
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
follow links
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-terse\fR
print the information in terse form
.TP
\fB\-Z\fR, \fB\-\-context\fR
print security context information for SELinux if available.
.TP
\fB\-\-help\fR
display this help and exit
.TP
\fB\-\-version\fR
output version information and exit
.PP
The valid format sequences for files (without \fB\-\-filesystem\fR):
.TP
%A
Access rights in human readable form
.TP
%a
Access rights in octal
.TP
%B
The size in bytes of each block reported by `%b'
.TP
%b
Number of blocks allocated (see %B)
.TP
%C
SELinux security context
.TP
%D
Device number in hex
.TP
%d
Device number in decimal
.TP
%F
File type
.TP
%f
Raw mode in hex
.TP
%G
Group name of owner
.TP
%g
Group ID of owner
.TP
%h
Number of hard links
.TP
%i
Inode number
.TP
%N
Quoted File name with dereference if symbolic link
.TP
%n
File name
.TP
%o
IO block size
.TP
%s
Total size, in bytes
.TP
%T
Minor device type in hex
.TP
%t
Major device type in hex
.TP
%U
User name of owner
.TP
%u
User ID of owner
.TP
%X
Time of last access as seconds since Epoch
.TP
%x
Time of last access
.TP
%Y
Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch
.TP
%y
Time of last modification
.TP
%Z
Time of last change as seconds since Epoch
.TP
%z
Time of last change
.PP
Valid format sequences for file systems:
.TP
%a
Free blocks available to non-superuser
.TP
%b
Total data blocks in file system
.TP
%c
Total file nodes in file system
.TP
%d
Free file nodes in file system
.TP
%f
Free blocks in file system
.TP
%i
File System id in hex
.TP
%l
Maximum length of filenames
.TP
%n
File name
.TP
%s
Optimal transfer block size
.TP
%T
Type in human readable form
.TP
%t
Type in hex
.SH AUTHOR
Written by Michael Meskes.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
The full documentation for
.B stat
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B stat
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info coreutils stat
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.