🖥️stat

➡️This is a command-line reference manual for commands and command combinations that you don’t use often enough to remember it. This cheatsheet explains the stat command with important options and switches using examples.

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# The stat command displays status related to a file or a file-system.

stat test.txt
File: ‘test.txt’
Size: 20 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 regular file
Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 284762 Links: 2
Access: (0664/-rw-rw-r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root)
Access: 2017-03-03 12:41:27.791206947 +0530
Modify: 2017-02-28 16:05:15.952472926 +0530
Change: 2017-03-02 11:10:00.028548636 +0530
Birth: -

# Produce stats on how many images you took on each day, regardless of strange filenaming schemes.
stat -c %y *.jpg | cut -c1-10 | uniq -c 

stat filename_ext  (viz., stat abc.pdf)
# The next step involves statistics in terminal of a file of every kind. We can output the statistics related to a file with the help of stat (output file/fileSystem status) command.

# display numerical values for file permissions
stat -c '%a %n' *

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Cheatsheets are an excellent complement to other information sources like Linux man-pages, Linux help, or How-To’s and tutorials, as they provide compact and easily accessible information. While man-pages and detailed tutorials often contain comprehensive explanations and extensive guides, cheatsheets summarize the most important options forthe command stat in a clear format. This allows users to quickly access the needed information for stat without having to sift through lengthy texts. Especially in stressful situations or for recurring tasks, cheatsheets for stat are a valuable resource to work efficiently and purposefully.

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