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How to get octal file permissions on Linux/Unix command line

last updated August 1, 2018 in BASH Shell, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, UNIX

I am a new Linux command line user. How do I find file permissions in octal format such as 0644 from the bash command line running on a Linux or Unix operating systems? How can I get the octal permissions for a file? How do I get octal file permissions on Linux/Unix?

How to check the file size in Linux/Unix bash shell scripting

last updated January 11, 2017 in BASH Shell, Linux, UNIX

I am a new bash shell scripting user. How do I find out the size of a file in my bash shell script and store this file size in a bash shell variable?

FreeBSD find the chmod numerical value for a file or directory

last updated January 24, 2016 in BASH Shell, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX

I need to find out the numerical value of a file on a FreeBSD system. For example, get 644 instead of -rw-r--r-- for the /etc/resolv.conf file. Is there is a way to get this value in my bash shell script?