fstat(1) fstat(1) Oct 30 1998 NAME fstat - shell - File Status Information SYNOPSIS fstat [-e[msg]] [-c[nnn]] [+format] USAGE The "fstat"-command is much similar to the well-know "ls", but with two important differences: a) file names are not supplied as command line arguments but read from standard input; b) output format can be freely chosen, and there is some information that "ls" cannot produce; DESCRIPTION This program reads file names from stdin and prints further information, mainly from the file's i-node. Output format can be tailored by a format-string that follows a plus sign. The options are: -e[msg] message to print for files that cannot be stat()-ed (if 'msg' is missing, such files are ignored) -c[nnn] number of bytes to include into the checksum (see also %H-place-holder, if 'nnn' is missing or zero, checksum is calculated for the complete file) Within the format string certain place-holders are recognized: %t file type (in octal) %T file type (coded as in 'ls -l') %V file type (in words) %p permissions (in octal); %P permissions (in coded as in 'ls -l'); %d device number (in decimal); %i inode number (in decimal); %n number of links (in decimal); %u file owner (decimal UID) %U file owner (name) %g file group (decimal GID) %G file group (name) %s file size in byte %a access time (seconds since urknall) %A access time (YYMMDDhhmmss) %c creation time (seconds since urknall) %C creation time (YYMMDDhhmmss) %m modification time (seconds since urknall) %M modification time (YYMMDDhhmmss) %h file header (first two bytes in hex); %H checksum of first portion of file; - 1 - Formatted: November 5, 2024 fstat(1) fstat(1) Oct 30 1998 %f last part of file name; %F full file name (as read from input); An optional number between '%' and format specification is treated as field width. Output is always right justified in a zone of the given width. If a value does not fit into that zone, more room is provided automatically. To print a %-sign, two such characters must be used in sequence. Other characters in the format string are printed as they appear, except that some basic ''-escape-sequences are recognized and interpreted as usual. A ' interpretation and will also suppress the new line character that otherwise terminates each line of output. NOTE that while in a user defined error message (see 'e'- option above) place holders are interpreted in the same way as in the format string, when this message is printed only '%f' and '%F' have meaningful values; in addition, '%e' may be used to print the current value of 'errno'. Copyright (1994) Martin Weitzel, Darmstadt, Germany Man Page Stephanie Nile, HPUX, Liverpool - 2 - Formatted: November 5, 2024