stat - display file or file system status

To view the file details $ stat example.txt

To view information about multiple files $ stat sample.pdf example.txt

To display file system status $ stat -f /home

To display information in terse form $ stat -t sample.pdf $ stat -t example.txt $ stat -t sample.pdf example.txt

To enable following of symbolic links $ stat /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta

To get information on the file that the links points $ stat -L /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Calcutta

To format sequencing To display inode of a file only $ stat --printf='%i\n' example.txt

To display access rights and uid (User ID) $ stat --printf='%a:%u\n' example.txt

To print out a new line without requiring an additional operand. $ stat --format='%a:%F' example.txt

To display help options $ stat --help

regards, T.Dhanasekar