file permission

[Sac_3]

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

[~sesh · Accepted solution]

You can use the stat command.

E.g.

stat --format=%a

View man page for the stat command for more information.

[Ivan Ferreira]

You can also use the short format:

stat -c %a

[Sac_3]

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

got the answer!
Thx every one!!

[Sac_3]

:o)