STAT(1) General Commands Manual STAT(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

stat - Display file or file system status.

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**stat** \[OPTION]... FILE...

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Display file or file system status.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-L**, **--dereference**](#L)

follow links

[**-f**, **--file-system**](#f)

display file system status instead of file status

[**-t**, **--terse**](#t)

print the information in terse form

[**-c**, **--format** *<FORMAT>*](#c)

use the specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a newline after each use of FORMAT

[**--printf** *<FORMAT>*](#printf)

like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not output a mandatory trailing newline; if you want a newline, include \\n in FORMAT

[**-h**, **--help**](#h)

Print help

[**-V**, **--version**](#V)

Print version

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# [EXTRA](#EXTRA)

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 (follow) 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 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

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 supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

# [VERSION](#VERSION)

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0

2026-10-08

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Document: stat(1) from uutils 0.12.0-r2 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/uutils/coreutils