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/usr/bin/statx

Lustre parallel distributed file system - userspace utilities

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Usage: /usr/bin/statx [options] <FILE>...
Display file status via statx() syscall.
List information about the FILE (the current diretory by default) via statx() syscall.
options:
	-L --dereference   follow links
	--cached=MODE      specify how to use cached attributes;
	                     See MODE below
	-c --format=FORMAT use the specified FORMAT instead of the default;
	                     output a newline after each use of FORMAT
	-t, --terse        print the information in terse form
	-D --dir           list information about the FILE (ls)
	-l                 use a long listing format
	-q --quiet         do not display results, test only

The --cached MODE argument can be; always, never, or default.
`always` will use cached attributes if available, while
`never` will try to synchronize with the latest attributes,
and `default` will leave it up to the underlying file system.

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

	%a  access rights in octal (note '#' and '0' printf flags)
	%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
	%p   Mask to show what's supported in stx_attributes
	%r   Flags conveying information about the file: stx_attributes
	%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 data modification, human-readable
	%Y   time of last data modification, seconds since Epoch
	%z   time of last status change, human-readable
	%Z   time of last status change, seconds since Epoch
Options (6)
OptionDescriptionSource
-L --dereferencefollow linkshelp
--cached MODEspecify how to use cached attributes;help
-t, --terseprint the information in terse formhelp
-D --dirlist information about the FILE (ls)help
-luse a long listing formathelp
-q --quietdo not display results, test onlyhelp

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