Display file or file system status. Usage: stat [OPTION]... FILE... Arguments: ... Options: -L, --dereference follow links -f, --file-system display file system status instead of file status -t, --terse print the information in terse form -c, --format use the specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a newline after each use of 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 Print help -V, --version Print version 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.