Show octal permissions of file or folder

November 13, 2020

You want to show octal permission of a file or a folder. Use stat

stat -c "%a" file
> 664
stat -c "%a %A %n" file
> 664 -rw-rw-r-- readme.md

This alias is handy.

alias octal="stat -c '%a %A %n'"

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