topic file permission in Operating System - Linux

file permission

Sac_3 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:31:10 GMT

Hi ,

How to view the permissions of a file in octal format. i.e

-rwx------ 1 root root 0 Dec 4 08:31 test

The file permission for the file "test" is 700. I would like to know if there is a command etc which can display the file permission in octal format i.e as "700".

Thanks,
SaC

Re: file permission

~sesh — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:52:32 GMT

You can use the stat command.

E.g.

stat --format=%a

View man page for the stat command for more information.

Re: file permission

Ivan Ferreira — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 15:38:43 GMT

You can also use the short format:

stat -c %a

Re: file permission

Sac_3 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:49:07 GMT

Yes! by using stat name u can see the permissions in octal format.

got the answer!
Thx every one!!

Re: file permission

Sac_3 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:52:14 GMT

:o)