Unix Stat Command: How To Identify File Attributes - 0 views
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Question: How do I find out all the available file attributes. i.e I would like to know more about a file or directory than what the ls -l command displays
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Answer: Everything in Unix is treated as files. This includes devices, directories and sockets — all of these are files. Stat command displays file or filesystem status as explained in this article.
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You can use the same command to display the information about a directory as shown below.
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