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.TH STAT 1 "2026-09-01"
.SH NAME
stat \- Display file or file system status.
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBstat\fR [OPTION]... FILE...
.SH DESCRIPTION
Display file or file system status.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-L\fR, \fB\-\-dereference\fR
follow links
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-file\-system\fR
display file system status instead of file status
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-terse\fR
print the information in terse form
.TP
\fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-format\fR \fI<FORMAT>\fR
use the specified FORMAT instead of the default;
output a newline after each use of FORMAT
.TP
\fB\-\-printf\fR \fI<FORMAT>\fR
like \-\-format, but interpret backslash escapes,
and do not output a mandatory trailing newline;
if you want a newline, include \\n in FORMAT
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Print help
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
Print version
.TP
<\fIfiles\fR>

.SH EXTRA
Valid format sequences for files (without `\-\-file\-system`):

  \-`%a`: access rights in octal (note \*(Aq#\*(Aq and \*(Aq0\*(Aq printf flags)
  \-`%A`: access rights 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
  \-`%D`: device number in hex
  \-`%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 (follow) if symbolic link
  \-`%o`: optimal I/O transfer size hint
  \-`%s`: total size, in bytes
  \-`%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

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes
the version described here.  Please refer to your shell\*(Aqs documentation
for details about the options it supports.
.SH VERSION
v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0