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

       --cached=MODE
              specify  how to use cached attributes; useful on remote file sys‐
              tems. See MODE below

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

       --printf=FORMAT
              like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not output
              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  MODE  argument of --cached can be: always, never, or default.  ’al‐
       ways’ 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     permission bits in octal (note ’#’ and ’0’ printf flags)

       %A     permission bits and file type 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 (st_dev)

       %D     device number in hex (st_dev)

       %Hd    major device number in decimal

       %Ld    minor device number in decimal

       %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

       %r     device type in decimal (st_rdev)

       %R     device type in hex (st_rdev)

       %Hr    major  device type in decimal, for character/block device special
              files

       %Lr    minor device type in decimal, for character/block