SYNOPSIS

       stat [OPTION] FILE...

DESCRIPTION

       Display file or file system status.

       -L, --dereference
              follow links

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

       -c  --format=FORMAT
              use  the  specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a new-
              line after each use of FORMAT

       --printf=FORMAT
              like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not  out-
              put  a  mandatory  trailing  newline.   If  you  want a newline,
              include \n in FORMAT.

       -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 octal

       %A     Access rights in human readable form

       %b     Number of blocks allocated (see %B)

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

       %d     Device number in decimal

       %D     Device number in hex

       %f     Raw mode in hex

       %F     File type

       %g     Group ID of owner

       %G     Group name of owner

       %h     Number of hard links

       %u     User ID of owner

       %U     User name of owner

       %x     Time of last access

       %X     Time of last access as seconds since Epoch

       %y     Time of last modification

       %Y     Time of last modification as seconds since Epoch

       %z     Time of last change

       %Z     Time of last change as seconds since Epoch

       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     Block size (for faster transfers)

       %S     Fundamental block size (for block counts)

       %t     Type in hex

       %T     Type in human readable form

       NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually super-
       sedes  the  version described here.  Please refer to your shell's docu-
       mentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR

       Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS

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

              info stat

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 6.9                 March 2007                           STAT(1)