How to use stat command in Linux…

stat command used to check status of  file and directory to check that when it got created, accessed, modified and its inodes number etc. we can get complete information of a file or directory with this command.

The example of this command is given bellow.

~]#stat anaconda-ks.cfg

  File: `anaconda-ks.cfg'

  Size: 1746       Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096   regular file

Device: 802h/2050d Inode: 2097161     Links: 1

Access: (0600/-rw-------)  Uid: (    0/    root)   Gid: (    0/    root)

Access: 2012-10-08 14:59:57.731037711 +0530

Modify: 2012-10-05 14:52:31.366189336 +0530

Change: 2012-10-05 14:52:35.482189599 +0530