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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.
       Mandatory  arguments  to  long  options are mandatory for short options
       too.
       -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
       %C     SELinux security context string
       %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
       %i     inode number
       %m     mount point
       %n     file name
       %N     quoted file name with dereference if symbolic link
       %o     optimal I/O transfer size hint
       %s     total size, in bytes
       %t     major  device  type  in  hex, for character/block device special
              files
       %T     minor device type in hex,  for  character/block  device  special
              files
       %u     user ID of owner
       %U     user name of owner
       %w     time of file birth, human-readable; - if unknown
       %W     time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown
       %x     time of last access, human-readable
       %X     time of last access, seconds since Epoch
       %y     time of last modification, human-readable
       %Y     time of last modification, seconds since Epoch
       %z     time of last change, human-readable
       %Z     time of last change, 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     file system type in hex
       %T     file system 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.
       GNU  coreutils  online  help:  <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>;
       Report stat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>;
AUTHOR
       Written by Michael Meskes.
COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>;.
       This  is  free  software:  you  are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
       stat(2)
       The full documentation for stat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If
       the  info  and  stat  programs are properly installed at your site, the
       command
              info coreutils 'stat invocation'
       should give you access to the complete manual.

GNU coreutils 8.22               November 2020                         STAT(1)