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Default Find out information about my file - explaining ls command

How do I find out more information about a file such as
Who owns it?
What it is?
If it's executable or not
How many hard links it has?
When it was last accessed or changed?
And so on?

Answer:

Use ls -l command and file command.

Code:
ls -l upcomming-master.doc
Output:
Code:
-rw-r--r--    1 sweta sweta    88064 2007-01-08 01:39 upcomming-master.doc
  • -rw-r--r-- : File permission
  • 1 : How many hard links it has?
  • sweta sweta - Who owns it? (owner:group)
  • 88064 : File size
  • 2007-01-08 01:39 : When it was last accessed or changed?
  • upcomming-master.doc : File name

Try out stat command which display file or filesystem status.
Code:
stat upcomming-master.doc
Output:
Code:
  File: `upcomming-master.doc'
  Size: 88064           Blocks: 184        IO Block: 4096   regular file
Device: 341h/833d       Inode: 281265      Links: 1
Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: ( 1000/   sweta)   Gid: ( 1000/   sweta)
Access: 2007-01-10 01:29:54.072875104 +0530
Modify: 2007-01-08 01:39:55.000000000 +0530
Change: 2007-01-08 04:20:58.000000000 +0530
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