NAME
    stat - display file or filesystem status

SYNOPSIS
    stat [OPTION] FILE...

DESCRIPTION
    Display file or filesystem status.

    -f, --filesystem
    display filesystem status instead of file status

    -c   --format=FORMAT  use the specified FORMAT instead of the
    default

    -L, --dereference
    follow links

    -t, --terse
    print the information in terse form

    --help display this help and exit

    --version
    output version information and exit

    The valid format sequences for files (without --filesystem):

    %A - Access rights in human readable form %a - Access rights in
    octal %b - Number of blocks allocated %D - Device number in hex
    %d - Device number in decimal %F - File type %f -  raw mode in
    hex %G - Group name of owner %g - Group ID of owner %h - Number
    of hard links %i - Inode number %N - Quoted File name with
    dereference if symbolic link %n - File name %o - IO block size
    %s - Total size, in bytes %T - Minor device type in hex  %t -
    Major device type in hex %U - User name of owner %u - User ID of
    owner %X - Time of last access as seconds since Epoch %x - Time
    of last access %Y - Time of last modification as seconds since
    Epoch %y - Time of last modification %Z - Time of last change as
    seconds since Epoch %z - Time of last change

    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 - Optimal transfer block size %T - Type in human
    readable form %t - Type in hex

AUTHOR
    Written by Michael Meskes.

REPORTING BUGS
    Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
    NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
    The full documentation for stat is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If
    the info and stat programs are properly installed at your site, the
    command

    info stat

    should give you access to the complete manual.