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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  new-
	      line after each use of FORMAT

       --printf=FORMAT
	      like  --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not out-
	      put 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 (see '#'	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	device special
	      files

       %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

   --terse is equivalent to the	following FORMAT:
	      %n %s %b %f %u %g	%D %i %h %t %T %X %Y %Z	%W %o

   --terse --file-system is equivalent to the following	FORMAT:
	      %n %i %l %t %s %S	%b %f %a %c %d

       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.

AUTHOR
       Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS
       GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software	Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+:  GNU
       GPL version 3 or	later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This  is	 free  software:  you  are free	to change and redistribute it.
       There is	NO WARRANTY, to	the extent permitted by	law.

SEE ALSO
       stat(2),	statfs(2), statx(2)

       Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/stat>
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) stat	invocation'

GNU coreutils 9.6		 January 2025			       STAT(1)

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