Questions tagged [stat]
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What does 'stat' mean in this sentence?
This sentence is from a Linux command's return,I can only thought it as 'statistics' but it is the noun form rather than the verb form.
unable to stat ./config-2.6.32-431.el6.i686: No such file or directory
Some files were modified!
cain abel
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Why ls and stat shows different modified dates?
When I ls a file the last modified date shows as Nov 29 11:13, am but stat shows the file changed at Dec 3rd, why is the date different on ls and stat output.
-rw-rr 1 iadm sys 266240 Nov 29 11:13…
Jonu
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Inconsistent st_blocks and st_size values for inaccessible file
I have a small text file (some metadata redacted)
-rw-r--r-- 1 **** **** 17198 Sep 29 2019 230999.txt
But it can't be viewed
% cat 230999.txt
cat: 230999.txt: Attribute not found
I'm not sure what attribute is missing. It's a simple text file.…
John D.
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What can f_bsize be used for? (Is it similar to st_blksize?)
stat() on a file, returns several fields including st_blksize. This is documented as "the 'preferred' block size for efficient filesystem I/O". The value is not used as a unit for other stat() fields, or referred to anywhere else in the POSIX…
sourcejedi
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List files that are larger than 100 kB
I would like to list all the files in ~ whose size is greater than 100 kB but without using the find command. I need to do it with stat.
