STAT(1)                  User Commands                  STAT(1)





NAME
       stat - display file or file system status

SYNOPSIS
       stat [OPTION] FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       Display file or file system status.

       -f, --file-system
              display file system status instead of file status

       -c  --format=FORMAT
              use the specified FORMAT instead of the default

       -L, --dereference
              follow links

       -t, --terse
              print the information in terse form

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       The  valid   format   sequences   for   files   (without
       --file-system):

       %A     Access rights in human readable form

       %a     Access rights in octal

       %B     The size in bytes of each block reported by `%b'

       %b     Number of blocks allocated (see %B)

       %D     Device number in hex

       %d     Device number in decimal

       %F     File type

       %f     Raw mode in hex

       %G     Group name of owner

       %g     Group ID of owner

       %h     Number of hard links

       %i     Inode number

       %N     Quoted  File  name  with  dereference if symbolic
              link

       %n     File name

       %o     IO block size

       %s     Total size, in bytes

       %T     Minor device type in hex

       %t     Major device type in hex

       %U     User name of owner

       %u     User ID of owner

       %X     Time of last access as seconds since Epoch

       %x     Time of last access

       %Y     Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch

       %y     Time of last modification

       %Z     Time of last change as seconds since Epoch

       %z     Time of last change

       Valid format sequences for file systems:

       %a     Free blocks available to non-superuser

       %b     Total data blocks in file system

       %c     Total file nodes in file system

       %d     Free file nodes in file system

       %f     Free blocks in file system

       %i     File System id in hex

       %l     Maximum length of filenames

       %n     File name

       %s     Optimal transfer block size

       %T     Type in human readable form

       %t     Type in hex

AUTHOR
       Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying condi-
       tions.  There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABIL-
       ITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       The full documentation for stat is maintained as a  Tex-
       info manual.  If the info and stat programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info stat

       should give you access to the complete manual.



stat 5.3.0               November 2004                  STAT(1)