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 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;



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 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'.


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      Martin Weitzel, Darmstadt, Germany


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