STAT(1u)

STAT(1u)

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NAME
       stat - print inode contents

SYNOPSIS
       stat filename [filenames ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       Stat prints out the contents of an inode as they appear to
       stat(2) in a human-readable format.

       Here is a sample output from stat:
         File: "/"
         Size: 1024         Allocated Blocks: 2            Filetype: Directory
         Mode: (0755/drwxr-xr-x)         Uid: (    0/    root)  Gid: (    0/  system)
       Device:  0,0   Inode: 2         Links: 20
       Access: Wed Jan  8 12:40:16 1986(00000.00:00:01)
       Modify: Wed Dec 18 09:32:09 1985(00021.03:08:08)
       Change: Wed Dec 18 09:32:09 1985(00021.03:08:08)

DIAGNOSTICS
       "Can't stat file" or "Can't lstat file" usually means that
       it doesn't exist.  "Can't readlink file" implies something
       is amiss with a symbolic link.

SEE ALSO
       stat(2) ls(1) 

AUTHOR
       Rich Kulawiec, Purdue University

BUGS
       The output is not entirely comprehensible.
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