---
name: "uu-stat"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "uutils-coreutils"
version: "0.12.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/uu-stat"
---

# uu-stat(1)

Display file or file system status.

## NAME

stat - Display file or file system status.

## SYNOPSIS

**stat** \[OPTION\]... FILE...

## DESCRIPTION

Display file or file system status.

## OPTIONS

- **-L**, **--dereference**

  follow links

- **-f**, **--file-system**

  display file system status instead of file status

- **-t**, **--terse**

  print the information in terse form

- **-c**, **--format** *\<FORMAT\>*

  use the specified FORMAT instead of the default; output a newline after each use of FORMAT

- **--printf** *\<FORMAT\>*

  like --format, but interpret backslash escapes, and do not output a mandatory trailing newline; if you want a newline, include \\n in FORMAT

- **-h**, **--help**

  Print help

- **-V**, **--version**

  Print version

- \<*files*\>

  ## EXTRA

Valid format sequences for files (without \`--file-system\`):

  \-\`%a\`: access rights in octal (note '#' and '0' printf flags)\
   \-\`%A\`: access rights in human readable form\
   \-\`%b\`: number of blocks allocated (see %B)\
   \-\`%B\`: the size in bytes of each block reported by %b\
   \-\`%C\`: SELinux security context string\
   \-\`%d\`: device number in decimal\
   \-\`%D\`: device number in hex\
   \-\`%f\`: raw mode in hex\
   \-\`%F\`: file type\
   \-\`%g\`: group ID of owner\
   \-\`%G\`: group name of owner\
   \-\`%h\`: number of hard links\
   \-\`%i\`: inode number\
   \-\`%m\`: mount point\
   \-\`%n\`: file name\
   \-\`%N\`: quoted file name with dereference (follow) if symbolic link\
   \-\`%o\`: optimal I/O transfer size hint\
   \-\`%s\`: total size, in bytes\
   \-\`%t\`: major device type in hex, for character/block device special files\
   \-\`%T\`: minor device type in hex, for character/block device special files\
   \-\`%u\`: user ID of owner\
   \-\`%U\`: user name of owner\
   \-\`%w\`: time of file birth, human-readable; - if unknown\
   \-\`%W\`: time of file birth, seconds since Epoch; 0 if unknown\
   \-\`%x\`: time of last access, human-readable\
   \-\`%X\`: time of last access, seconds since Epoch\
   \-\`%y\`: time of last data modification, human-readable\
   \-\`%Y\`: time of last data modification, seconds since Epoch\
   \-\`%z\`: time of last status change, human-readable\
   \-\`%Z\`: time of last status change, seconds since Epoch

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\`: block size (for faster transfers)\
   \-\`%S\`: fundamental block size (for block counts)\
   \-\`%t\`: file system type in hex\
   \-\`%T\`: file system type in human readable form

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of stat, which usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

## VERSION

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0