Stat command can be used either to check the status/properties of a single file or the filesystem.
Display statistics of a file or directory.
$ stat /etc/my.cnf File: `/etc/my.cnf' Size: 346 Blocks: 16 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 801h/2049d Inode: 279856 Links: 1 Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: ( 0/ root) Gid: ( 0/ root) Access: 2009-01-01 02:58:30.000000000 -0800 Modify: 2006-06-01 20:42:27.000000000 -0700 Change: 2007-02-02 14:17:27.000000000 -0800 $ stat /home/ramesh File: `/home/ramesh' Size: 4096 Blocks: 8 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 803h/2051d Inode: 5521409 Links: 7 Access: (0755/drwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 401/ramesh) Gid: ( 401/ramesh) Access: 2009-01-01 12:17:42.000000000 -0800 Modify: 2009-01-01 12:07:33.000000000 -0800 Change: 2009-01-09 12:07:33.000000000 -0800
Display the status of the filesystem using option –f
$ stat -f /
File: "/"
ID: 0 Namelen: 255 Type: ext2/ext3
Blocks: Total: 2579457 Free: 2008027 Available: 1876998 Size: 4096
Inodes: Total: 1310720 Free: 1215892