Linux stat Command

What is Linux stat Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use stat command in Linux. stat command is stat - display file or file system status.

stat Syntax#

stat [OPTION]... FILE...

stat Examples#

stat Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of stat command. stat command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for stat command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man stat

To open info page for stat command we can use command below.

info stat

To open help page from stat command we can run command below.

stat --help

Linux stat Command Source Code#

You can find stat command source code from the folowing repositories:

• stat source code on GitHub
• stat source code on GNU Savannah cgit
• stat source code on GNU Savannah gitweb

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use stat in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.