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Linux / Unix: Find Inode Of a File Command

by on May 5, 2012 · 3 comments

How do I find out an inode (index-node) of a file under Unix like operating systems?

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HowTo: Linux / Unix See File Size Command

by on June 9, 2011 · 0 comments

I am a new Linux user. How do I find and list file sizes on Linux? How can I find out file size under Linux using bash shell/terminal prompt?

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Shell Scripting: Check File Size ( Find File Size )

by on February 24, 2009 · 6 comments

How do I find out file size under UNIX / Linux operating system and store the same to a variable called s?

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Find and Delete File If It Is More Than One Hour Old in UNIX Shell

by on April 20, 2008 · 2 comments

How do I find out if a file is more than one hour old in a UNIX shell and take action on all matching file such as delete or move files.

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Find the file permission without using ls -l command

by on December 5, 2007 · 2 comments

Q. I need to find file permission and store the same to a shell variable. How do I find out the file permission without parsing ls -l output? A. Use GNU stat command to display file or file system status. It has option to display output in specific format. Display stat for /etc/passwd file Type [...]

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Linux / UNIX: Display file inode (index number)

by on August 20, 2007 · 2 comments

Q. How do I display file inode number using command line? A. An inode is a data structure on a Unix / Linux file system. An inode stores basic information about a regular file, directory, or other file system object. You can use following two commands to display an inode: [a] ls command : list [...]

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